From Distrust to Legitimization: The Difficult Path of Digital Electoral Technologies, an Evidence from Russia

N. Baranov
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Abstract

There are numerous issues surrounding digital technologies in elections: from ensuring the secrecy of voting to controlling the process of vote counting. The technology of the electoral blockchain, according to experts, does not solve the problem of achieving transparency and anonymity of online voting, therefore, existing technologies do not yet allow us to guarantee the indisputability of elections and avoid manipulation. At the same time, the advantages and opportunities brought by digital technologies are so obvious that, despite the existing problems, they are increasingly being used in elections. The author uses the comparative, normative and functional methods to analyze the usage of digital technologies in the electoral process, emphasizing the practice of electronic voting and remote electronic voting in the Russian Federation. The use of digital technologies, according to the author, entails legal, psychological and technical problems. However, the author concludes that it is possible to legitimize the use of digital technologies in elections if voters recognize the advantages of remote electronic voting and other digital innovations in the electoral process, and provided technological problems are solved.
从不信任到合法化:数字选举技术的艰难之路——来自俄罗斯的证据
选举中的数字技术存在许多问题:从确保投票保密到控制计票过程。专家表示,选举区块链技术并不能解决在线投票的透明性和匿名性问题,因此,现有技术还不能保证选举的无可争辩性,避免被操纵。与此同时,数字技术带来的优势和机遇非常明显,尽管存在问题,但它们越来越多地被用于选举。作者采用比较法、规范法和功能法分析了数字技术在选举过程中的使用情况,重点介绍了俄罗斯联邦电子投票和远程电子投票的实践。根据作者的说法,数字技术的使用带来了法律、心理和技术问题。然而,作者的结论是,如果选民认识到远程电子投票和其他数字创新在选举过程中的优势,并且技术问题得到解决,那么在选举中使用数字技术就有可能合法化。
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