Conclusion and Further Research

Chapter 10 - Concerns and Solutions on Electronic Voting Systems Adoption
Managing IT in Government, Business & Communities
by Gerry Gingrich (ed)
Idea Group Publishing 2003

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As an emerging technology, EVS brings remarkable promise to enable government reform and to renew the democratic and political systems. Though some challenges still remain to educate the public on the usage of EVS and to enhance the technology advantages of EVS, a January 2000 poll revealed that the majority of people examined (51 percent) regarded electronic voting as an effective way to make local government work efficiently (Westen, 2000). Moreover, about a third of American households would be more likely to vote if EVS were available (Benschoten, 2000). It is clear that the public has the desire to accept EVS.

The main contribution of this chapter is to examine the advantages of EVS, which can boost the interests and confidences of voters. Another contribution is to analyze the major concerns about EVS: security, privacy, and accessibility. Valuable recommendations for practical implementation are provided from technical, legal, and social perspectives. These suggestions provide beneficial guidelines for government. The Gartner Group anticipates that by the 2004 presidential election, all of the states in the United States will have a pilot election by using EVSs (Copeland and Verton, 2000). In the future, empirical research should investigate the specific factors impacting EVS adoption and the exact influence of EVS on different variables in elections, such as education level, race, election process, political tendency, technology usage, etc., in order to make a smooth and successful move to electronic voting.

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