POLITICAL PROCESS Lana Bilani

Voting and elections Electronic voting is also known as e-voting.

IT systems needed for e-voting: Special voting kiosks Punch cards Optical scan systems Private computer networks (Internet)

Advantages: Equality of access-improved accessibility for disabled peopledisabled people speed (time saving) easy to organize and store in an electronic formateeasy to organize and store in an electronic formate

Disadvantages: The possibility of electronically fraud. Data can be incorrectly input People are reliable on machines and the InternetPeople are reliable on machines and the Internet The elections are very simple. The candidates who receives the greatest amount of e-votes gets elected.The elections are very simple. The candidates who receives the greatest amount of e-votes gets elected.

Lobbying Lobbying means using personal contacts, public pressure, or political action to persuade legislators to vote in a particular manner. Lobbying via the internet is a good way of how to make sure that a lot of people will obtain the information. Moreover this form of lobbying is very cheap and effective because many people nowadays check their many times per day.

Open government and free movement of information Open government contains information that are available to anyone via the internet. Anyone has the same right to access the same information. Average citizens have limited access to important government records, while available information is often illegible. Meanwhile, the government's eagerness and means to oversee a citizen's personal activity is rapidly increasing. Through open governments, anyone can access the desired information. The movement of information in this case is free and unlimited, since anyone can access it. Of course the open governments won't have published all the information on the internet because of privacy and security issues and legislations.

Social & Ethical Issues 1. Reliability 2. Integrity 3. Security 4. Privacy and Anonymity 5. Authenticity 6. Equality of Access 7. Globalization and Cultural