E-voting experiences: A case of Namibia and Estonia

Abstract

Electronic voting is rapidly gaining momentum and offers more advantages than the paper-based voting system. The field of e-voting is an undiscovered sphere and its true extensity is mostly uncharted. Very few countries have successfully implemented e-voting and diminutive research has been conducted to investigate the factors that influence the successful implementation of e-voting. This paper documents a systematic review of various research studies that have recorded and reported on e-voting experiences in Namibia and Estonia. This study evaluated and analysed the two case studies and discovered factors affecting the successful implementation of e-voting. The factors include: ICT infrastructure, legal and institutional factors, security and trust, acceptance and adoption of ICT, political factors, voter education and planning. This study contributes to the body of knowledge by identifying key factors that affect the successful implementation of e-voting from two countries with successful e-voting experiences.