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From the Iron curtain to a Net one. Estonia maybe the smallest of the three Baltic States and one of the smallest countries in the EU, but this hasn’t hampered them in writing another chapter for the Internet world record books. Following on from their previous triumph in October 2005, when Estonia became the first country in the world to allow nationwide voting over the internet to elect mayors and city councils. The same system, built on the Linux platform, has been deployed for the March the 4th parliamentary elections and another world’s first for online voting.

By Wednesday evening over 27,000 Estonians had cast their ballot via the Internet using an e-signature and electronic ID cards. This has exceeded official expectations. Estonia has a population of 1.35 million. Arne Koitmae, spokesman for the Estonian National Electoral Committee, said the three-day online voting period that began on Monday had proceeded smoothly. ”There have been no problems of any kind.”

via | news.co Estonia’s e-voting site: Valimised.ee(en)
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