E-voting as a tool to reduce unequal voter turnout in the Czech Republic

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

E-voting as a tool to reduce unequal voter turnout in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Electronic voting is one of several tools that have the potential to reduce the cost of voting for citizens and thus motivate them to vote. However, the results of previous research have shown that this effect is not achieved in every case. Our research examines the potential consequences of the introduction of e-voting in the Czech Republic, where the introduction of this tool is the topic of public discussion. More specifically, we examine whether the introduction of this tool has the potential to increase voter turnout and for which groups of citizens the potential is highest. For this purpose, we use data from a survey conducted on a representative sample of respondents. To test the hypotheses, we employ binary and multinomial logistic regression models. The results of the analysis show that the introduction of electronic voting, compared to other tools facilitating voting, has the highest potential to increase voter turnout in the Czech Republic. The increase in voter turnout is particularly noticeable among groups of citizens that usually do not participate in voting.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Comparative Politics

ISSN

1338-1385

e-ISSN

1338-1385

Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

SI - SLOVENIA

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

19-31

UT code for WoS article

001128052200006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85194145967