The team of the Ukranian president Vladimir Zelensky promised to hold the next presidential elections in Ukraine using Estonia's experience in electronic technologies.
Mikhail Fedorov, advisor to the President of Ukraine on the development of digital technologies, assured that Ukrainians will be able to vote online using the Vote system during the next presidential election as early as 2024.
"We already have The Vote project. It will be surveys at the first stage, through which the President, Prime Minister and others will find out the real opinion of the inhabitants of the country," Fedorov said.
Currently, only one country in the world uses the online voting system in parliamentary elections, it is Estonia. There, the voter is identified using a chip ID card or MobileID, and a PIN code is required to enter the system.
The authorities of Ukraine are going to supplement these opportunities with identification using an electronic signature, Mobile ID and maybe Smart ID for phones. In addition, it is possible to change your choice and vote, as well as check whether the vote is counted correctly when counting votes in the Central Election Commission.
It is known that the widespread introduction of electronic technologies has become a kind of visiting card of Estonia and its know-how in the eyes of the world community.
At the same time, many experts note that the use of the Internet in the elections of authorities is quite controversial because of security problems.
Recall that on July 30, the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky signed a decree on measures to improve access to electronic services in the country. This document introduces a unified web portal of electronic services, where Ukrainians will be able to access information about themselves in the state registers using an electronic cabinet. The decree also approves the conduct of electronic elections and electronic census of the population in Ukraine.
