In the United States, voting for the next president or state congressman that deserves to be in office seems like an obvious choice for most. While many adults from the age 18-25 do participate in the presidential elections as well as other processes that elect public officials, the majority of people within that demographic simply do not vote.

Estonia has found one method that may increase the amount of voter turnout by a large margin. Instead of lowering the minimum voting age, as some politicians in the U.S. are suggesting, the Estonian government decided to employ convenience. By allowing citizens to cast ballots online for the parliamentary election, they increase the odds of voter turnout by giving busy or lazy voters more options.

The government doesn’t expect to get a huge number of online voters, but does expect an increase of participation over 2005’s two percent. Hopefully, after a few more years, the United States voting system will start to adapt to the internet as well.

[Via Yahoo]

1. Estland says:
   February 28th, 2007 at 12:04 am

   With the option of online voting you can vote even from a space station, required that you have an electronic card reader and an ID card with a chip on it.

   not a joke