Electronic elections as the newest transformational phenomenon of modern legal reality

Abstract

The article analyzes electronic elections as the latest transformative phenomenon of modern legal reality. Grouped advantages of electronic voting: voting in the electronic system is implemented faster, and there is no need to physically visit the polling station; electronic systems can enable people with physical limitations to vote, providing them with a choice of polling station; increase in voter turnout, in particular at the expense of young people, who are usually passive participants in the political process; electronic systems may have built-in security mechanisms that make the possibility of fraudulent vote counting more difficult; can provide the opportunity to vote remotely to citizens who are outside their state; replacing traditional paper voting with electronic voting can reduce the costs of printing and processing ballots; wide possibilities for analysis and statistical processing of data; the possibility of counting votes in real time; the possibility of implementing vote verification and audit mechanisms, as electronic systems can be equipped with tools to verify the accuracy of votes. Motivated that the implementation of e-voting in times of crisis requires a particularly high level of security and protection to avoid possible influence from outside or internal threats, an additional criterion for the legitimacy of e-voting is to ensure the availability of this technology to all sections of society, including those who may have limited access to the Internet or technical means. It has been proven that if the duration of the war is extended, electronic governance can become the only possible means for getting out of the political and legal crisis, renewing the power apparatus and democratizing state institutions. However, the implementation of such technologies should be used as an exclusive alternative for persons who are combatants or civilians living near the arena of hostilities, in other (relatively calm) territory, the classical system of the election process cannot be replaced by other forms, because this will lead to significant threats illegitimacy of the entire election procedure.