E-Voting Case Law

E-voting is the use of electronic means in the casting of the vote at political elections or referendums. This book provides an overview of e-voting related case-law worldwide and explains how judicial decisions impact e-voting development. With contributions by renowned experts on thirteen countries the authors discuss e-voting both from controlled environments such as voting machines in polling stations and uncontrolled ones including internet voting. Each chapter examines a group of country-specific leading judicial decisions on e-voting and their likely impact on its future development. Reference is made to emerging standards on e-voting such as the Recommendation Rec(2004)11 of the Council of Europe the only international instrument on e-voting regulation and to other countries' case-law. The work provides a broader informative and easily accessible perspective on the historical political and legal aspects of an otherwise very technical subject and contributes to a better understanding of the significance of case law and its impact in shaping e-voting's future development. The book will be significantly useful to anyone with an interest in e-voting in particular decision makers and officials researchers and academia as well as NGOs and providers of e-voting solutions.