{"title":"Reinstating e-voting as a socio-technical system: A critical review of the current development in developing countries","authors":"Manik Hapsara","doi":"10.1109/TENCONSPRING.2016.7519419","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"E-voting failures to increase public confidence in elections, improve political participation and deliver public services have often been overlooked for the sake of bureaucratic convenience. There is also a growing belief among developing countries that technology is the only solution for credible elections. This present study critically reviews the current state of research on e-voting in developing countries through a systematic examination of sixty seven academic papers. The findings reveal a lack of research continuity and that there is evidence of leapfrogging in the current studies where socio-technical system design processes have preceded strategic design inquiries. This paper then propounds the use of Socio-Technical Systems theory to perceive the technology and proposes courses for future research on e-voting in developing countries.","PeriodicalId":166275,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2016 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCONSPRING.2016.7519419","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
E-voting failures to increase public confidence in elections, improve political participation and deliver public services have often been overlooked for the sake of bureaucratic convenience. There is also a growing belief among developing countries that technology is the only solution for credible elections. This present study critically reviews the current state of research on e-voting in developing countries through a systematic examination of sixty seven academic papers. The findings reveal a lack of research continuity and that there is evidence of leapfrogging in the current studies where socio-technical system design processes have preceded strategic design inquiries. This paper then propounds the use of Socio-Technical Systems theory to perceive the technology and proposes courses for future research on e-voting in developing countries.