{"id":365,"date":"2008-12-22T06:49:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T06:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=365"},"modified":"2008-12-22T06:49:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-22T06:49:00","slug":"estonia-an-e-government-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"Estonia &#8211; an e-government leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/news\/ap\/20081212\/ap_on_hi_te\/eu_estonia_cellular_voting\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" alt=\"Estonia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crwflags.com\/fotw\/images\/e\/ee.gif\" width=\"113\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a>Anyone else catch the <a href=\"http:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/news\/ap\/20081212\/ap_on_hi_te\/eu_estonia_cellular_voting\">news<\/a> about how Estonia is going to introduce voting by cell phones in 2011?<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Estonia used internet voting, which proved to be secure despite worries about hacker attacks, identity fraud and vote count manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>Given the low voter turnout in Canada&#8217;s last election, why wouldn&#8217;t we look at similar ways to increase the participation rate?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:78%;\">Technorati Tags:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Estonia\" rel=\"tag\">Estonia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/election\" rel=\"tag\">election<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/e-government\" rel=\"tag\">e-government<\/a>,<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone else catch the news about how Estonia is going to introduce voting by cell phones in 2011? 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