ELECTRONIC VOTING (E-VOTING) SYSTEM USED IN COUNTRIES AND APPLICATION RECOMMENDATION IN TURKEY Cover Image

ELEKTRONİK SEÇİM (E-SEÇİM) SİSTEMİ KULLANAN ÜLKELER ve TÜRKİYE’DE UYGULAMA ÖNERİSİ
ELECTRONIC VOTING (E-VOTING) SYSTEM USED IN COUNTRIES AND APPLICATION RECOMMENDATION IN TURKEY

Author(s): Sadık TOKMAKOĞLU
Subject(s): Governance, Electoral systems, Politics and society, Social Theory, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Electronical Election; Electronical Voting; Unstable Voter; Democracy;

Summary/Abstract: Voting in Turkey is done by hand voting method, which is the traditional system. The counting process is also done manually and the official report results are transferred to the center over the internet. Today, technology has entered every field and while people can finish most of their work through technology, the traditional method of voting still continues. In this study, the problems experienced in the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Election held on 31.03.2019 and the relationship between these problems and the existing voting procedure after the cancellation of the election were mentioned. In order to avoid these problems, it will be suggested that voting should be done via the machine. Considering the studies on electronic election, the benefits and harms of the system are discussed. Considering the harms and security problems, the e-election system, which is voting by dialing on a machine without internet access, will be mentioned. The main subject of this study is; instead of voting manually on the ballot paper by the voters, taking the data from the machine by voting on the machine without internet access and making suggestions on the counting results both manually and on the machine. The purpose of this planning is to implement that the principle of invalid vote has no place in ballot boxes, which is the concrete manifestation of the will of the voters and democracy, and that the election results are made in such a way that there is no doubt. At the same time, it is the creation of conditions that will ensure that voters and candidates are comfortable in conscience.

  • Issue Year: 15/2023
  • Issue No: 57
  • Page Range: 162-174
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Turkish