Electronic Voting: Towards a new path to consolidate political participation in light of digital technology

Abstract

The Digital technology is the main driving force shaping the twenty-first century. The entry of information and communication technology and electronic organization into the political sphere is considered the most influential on political life, to ensure electoral efficiency through the electronic voting system, in an attempt to change the traditional methods of elections to consolidate political participation

The current study deals with the contribution of the electronic voting system- as one of the outcomes of the impact of digital technology on political work- to consolidate the political participation, by analyzing the most important functional approaches and introducing leading international experiences in this field.