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The Internet has recently become an important part of the democratic process (Wilhelm 2000; Kamarck and Nye 1999; Rash 1997; Firestone and Corrado 1996). It was only a matter of time until democracy and politics entered the digital world, and now we are moving towards holding elections over the Internet. A major step in this direction took place early in the 2000 presidential election when the Arizona Democratic primary featured the first binding Internet election for public office (Solop 2000; Alvarez and Nagler 2000).
This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF 0001401).
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Solop, F.I. (2004). Digital Democracy Comes of Age: Internet Voting and the 2000 Arizona Democratic Primary Election. In: Kersting, N., Baldersheim, H. (eds) Electronic Voting and Democracy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523531_14
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