details of e-stonian e-topian elections

You can read about the Estonian Internet voting system in more detail by clicking on the title of the National Election Committee (NEC) of Estonia's General Description of the E-Voting System.

Read about the January, 2005, online voting trial in Tallinn, capital of Estonia, by clicking here.

You can read more about Estonia's Internet-friendly environment by clicking here.

universal digital identification capable of being used for digital signatures is the key to remote Internet voting, and more

Deployment of remote Internet voting in Estonia depends on the near-ubiquitous possession by every Estonian over the age of 15 of a digital identification document that allows him or her to create "digital signatures" online.

In a May 15, 2005, commentary published under the title of Who will watch the watchers?, this reporter wrote:

"It might also be a good idea to load an encrypted and powerful "digital certificate" on each of these integrated ID cards, so that the cards could be used, in conjunction with a "public key infrastructure" (PKI), not just for the government to keep track of the people, but for the people to use in keeping track, in fact controlling, the policies and procedures that the government uses to keep track of the people and, in fact, to use in determining everything else it does, or doesn’t do, in the name of the people and on their behalf, under the rubric of "representative democracy."

The universal deployment of such a digital identification document, such as that already in place in Estonia, would make it possible to securely conduct remote Internet voting during elections for all levels of government, and would also make possible the institution of "Smart Initiatives," thereby allowing for the online circulation of proposed new laws in an effective and responsible way.

combining universal digital identification with ubiquitous Internet access empowers the people economically, politically, culturally, and medically

Combining universal digital identification of citizens with universally-accessible and ubiquitous (wireless) broadband access could jump-start a renaissance of e-democracy, e-commerce, e-education, and e-medicine.

To watch and listen to this reporter advocating for a ubiquitous, universal deployment of broadband Internet access throughout the San Fernando Valley as a mayoral candidate during the 2002 Los Angeles Secession Election, click here.

the latest in digital ID

To learn more about "smart passports," the latest iteration of digital identification documents, listen to an interview with Manuel Albers of Philips Semiconductor linked to from the October 5, 2005, Smart Card World article entitled "Manuel Albers, Identification Marketing Manager - Americas, Philips Semiconductors, talks about "smart passports".

 

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