Electronic Voting in Government Elections to Promote Democracy

K. M. Nurul Huda (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2024 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-7159-4 (ISBN)

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The manual process used in elections is weakened by human interference; it causes irregularities in the polls and delays vote counts. This book explores the benefits of replacing it with the electronic system, which has improved the quality of elections in many countries. The book has grouped democratic countries into two categories: mature democracies and new democracies. Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA represent the first group, and Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Pakistan, Russia, and the Philippines represent the second group. The first group overcomes malpractice in elections through long exercises, when they could be using technology for accurate and swift delivery of poll results. For instance, the US can overcome controversial elections by empowering the Federal Election Commission to establish a uniform system. Colonial and dictatorial legacies instigated citizens' undemocratic behavior in new democracies. Electronic voting has fixed malpractices in their elections in a shorter period. Therefore, this book argues that electronic voting should be implemented in both mature and new democracies.

K. M. Nurul Huda obtained a master's degree with honors from Dhaka University, Bangladesh, in 1972. He obtained a certificate in industrial management from the Leningrad Engineering Economist's Institute, USSR, in 1975 and a postgraduate diploma in development studies from Manchester University, UK, in 1989. He joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1973 and retired as Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh in 2006. He served as the Chief Election Commissioner for Bangladesh for five years, where he worked with regional, continental, and global organizations dealing with electoral management. He served the Forum of Electoral Management Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA) as Chairperson from 2019-20 and as a member of the Executive Board of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) for two years. He was a member of the advisory board of the A-WEB India Journal of Elections.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.04.2024
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-5275-7159-9 / 1527571599
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-7159-4 / 9781527571594
Zustand	Neuware