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creators_name: Alvarez, R. Michael
creators_name: Katz, Gabriel
creators_name: Llamosa, Ricardo
creators_name: Martinez, Hugo E.
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creators_id: g.katz@imtlucca.it
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title: Assessing Voters’ Attitudes towards Electronic Voting in Latin America: Evidence from Colombia’s 2007 E-Voting Pilot
ispublished: pub
subjects: JL
subjects: T1
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: none
keywords:  e-voting pilot, Latin America, multivariate probit, reliability, usability, trust in government, voter confidence 
abstract: Electronic voting could increase citizens’ electoral participation and trust in countries characterized by fragile democratic institutions and public discredit of the political system such as those in Latin America. This paper examines attitudes towards e-voting among participants in a large scale pilot project conducted in Colombia in 2007, focusing on the perceived reliability and usability of different automated voting technologies. Using a multivariate probit model, we determine the effect of socio-demographic, geographic and technical factors on users’ evaluations of electronic voting vis a vis the traditional paper ballot system. Our results show that users find e-voting not only easier than the current voting system, but also substantially more reliable. While voters’ opinions on usability are driven by technical issues, their trust in the new technologies is strongly affected by individual characteristics. We conclude that e-voting entails a promising opportunity to empower voters and increase confidence in elections in Colombia. 
date: 2009
date_type: published
series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
volume: 5767
publisher: Springer
pagerange: 75-91
id_number: doi:10.1007/978-3-642-04135-8_5
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0302-9743
book_title: E-Voting and Identity
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04135-8_5
citation:   Alvarez, R. Michael and Katz, Gabriel and Llamosa, Ricardo and Martinez, Hugo E.  Assessing Voters’ Attitudes towards Electronic Voting in Latin America: Evidence from Colombia’s 2007 E-Voting Pilot.   In:  E-Voting and Identity.   Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5767 .  Springer, pp. 75-91.       (2009)