title: Political activity and voters’ trust in the digitalization of the electoral process
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metadata.value: Ivanov, Dеnis Yu.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2024-06-27T20:06:30Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2024-06-27T20:06:30Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2024-03
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metadata.value: Ivanov D. Yu. Political activity and voters’ trust in the digitalization of the electoral process. Political Expertise: POLITEX, 2024, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 45–63. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu23.2024.104 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu23.2024.104
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/45642
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The role of the state in the formation of trust institutions is undeniable, but in practice we have to
  face a number of difficulties. The introduction of new mechanisms and tools for electronic voting
  leads to the transformation of familiar algorithms in the electoral system. These changes inevitably
  affect all participants in the electoral process. This study is the result of a long discussion
  among many scholars and practitioners about the impact of electronic voting on voters’ political
  engagement and trust in the voting process. The purpose of the study is to analyze the indicators
  of political activity (turnout) of voters as one of the criteria of the level of their confidence in modern
  technical means of counting votes — ballot processing complexes (BPCs). The object of the
  study is the electoral system of the Leningrad region in the context of electoral campaigns from
  2014 to 2020, grouped by level: federal, regional and local elections. The main method is content
  analysis of scientific publications and mass media, normative analysis of legal acts, subsequent
  comparative and cross-system analysis of the information obtained. The experience of using
  BPCs presented in the article can be assessed both positively and negatively. The practice of
  using means of fixed electronic voting demonstrates a positive trend and opens a wide space for
  further digitalization of the electoral process, especially given the high “digital readiness” of the
  Russian population. A regularity was observed in the decrease of voter turnout at polling stations
  where BPCs were used for the first time. With further operation, the situation evens out due to the
  “habituation” of participants in the electoral process to the digital formats of elections. Because
  of the low overall level of trust in the institution of elections, any innovation in the electoral system
  leads to significant changes in routine processes and requires careful study and time for gradual
  implementation and adaptation.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Political Expertise: POLITEX;Volume 20; Issue 1
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: trust
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: political activity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: turnout
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: voters
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: BPC
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: elections
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: e-voting
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Political activity and voters’ trust in the digitalization of the electoral process
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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