Area: Javna uprava
Competent authority: MJU
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 886
Initiative accepted and completed: .nan
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2017-12-29'
Initiative published: '2017-12-29'
Initiative submitted: '2017-12-23'
Response from the competent authority: 'Answer from the Ministry of Public Administration:The
  Government has made several proposals for changes to electoral legislation over
  the years, but all attempts to introduce online voting have failed due to insufficient
  political support.The advantages of online voting are considered by many to be mainly
  in the technological modernisation and simplification of the voting process itself,
  which can be expected to increase participation in elections and thus make the elections
  more democratic. The advantages further include the cost-effectiveness of such elections,
  the facilitation of the work of the electoral authorities or even the absence of
  the need for the presence of electoral committees, as well as the achievement of
  faster election results, etc. This is opposed by views on the extent to which such
  a method of voting could be genuinely more cost-effective, in particular in the
  event of the introduction of parallel online voting to the traditional paper ballot
  system, which it would be advisable to retain at least for the elderly and for those
  who are not able to vote via the internet. In particular, the opposing views raise
  questions about the security of such elections (secrecy, freedom of the vote, protection
  of personal data, etc.).Other countries have also been cautious in introducing online
  voting. For example, only Estonia has electronic elections in practice, and it offers
  "physical" voting in parallel. Several developed countries in the world, including
  Switzerland, Norway, Germany, the USA and Canada, have already carried out e-voting
  pilot projects, but have abandoned them because their information security experts
  judged that the technological aspect of remote voting could be abused and the outcome
  of the election changed in any case.[1] The Estonians have also already been told
  by international experts that their electoral system is demonstrably very vulnerable
  and can be manipulated, and have even been advised to stop using it until technology
  offers more reliable solutions.2 At the Ministry, we are committed to setting up
  as many electronic public administration services as possible, and also to making
  the most of them. In the area of elections and referendums, there is the possibility
  of submitting online support for a request to call a referendum and, since September
  this year, the eGovernment portal has launched a new electronic form "E-Voter Notification",
  which makes it easier for voters to inform the electoral authorities that they wish
  to vote in the elections by other means (these are the so-called special forms of
  voting: at a diplomatic consular mission of the Republic of Slovenia or by post
  abroad, outside the district of residence, by post in Slovenia, at home, etc.).
  The use of such services is also gradually building citizens'' trust in electronic
  services and, consequently, in online elections.We believe that the development
  of encryption technologies and better methods of ensuring a secure information environment
  will be crucial for the future of online voting.Having said all of the above, it
  is again necessary and appropriate to draw attention to the high level of political
  consensus required for the adoption of amendments to the basic electoral legislation,
  as a two-thirds absolute majority is required for the adoption of the amendments
  to the Law on Elections to the National Assembly.'
Text file: 886.txt
Title: E-voting
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=886
