Electronic Voting: Towards Indonesian Democratic Constitutional Election

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10.2991/assehr.k.201209.280How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Electronic Voting, Indonesian Constitutional Court, Constitutional Democratic Elections

Abstract

Electronic voting (e-voting) is an constitutional electoral system that can be applied to create effective and efficient democratic elections. The vast territory of Indonesia and a large number of logistics preparation, it turns into costly elections. The problem of miscalculation, inaccuracy counting is the object of Constitutional Court election disputes. The main argument is that e-voting will be able to realize the constitutional democratic vote as the election by manual voting, which applies in Indonesia. However, the question arises whether the local government is preparing itself to guarantee data security related to the election results. This article aims to review in-depth the interpretation of the Constitutional Court regarding e-voting and related to the fair and democratic election theories. Decision Number 147/PUU-VII/2009 is a progressive interpretation which states that e-voting based on objective considerations, namely the election organizers, sources of funds, and technology. Therefore, the implementation of e-voting inseparable from the aspects of financing, human resources, and software, public awareness in the area concerned, as well as other requirements needed to realize constitutional democratic elections.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mohammad Mahrus Ali
AU  - Alia Harumdani Widjaja
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/14
TI  - Electronic Voting: Towards Indonesian Democratic Constitutional Election
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Law, Government and Social Justice (ICOLGAS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 160
EP  - 165
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201209.280
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201209.280
ID  - Ali2020
ER  -