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Out With E-Voting, In With M-Voting

Posted by Zonk on from the has-to-be-safer-than-diebold dept.

InternetVoting writes "The ever technology forward nation sometimes known as 'E-stonia' after recently performing the world's first national Internet election are already leaving e-voting behind. Estonia is now considering voting from mobile phones using SIM cards as identification, dubbed 'm-voting.' From the article: 'Mobile ID is more convenient in that one does not have to attach a special ID card reader to one's computer. A cell phone performs the functions of an ID card and card reader at one and the same time.'"

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  1. No signature. by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 2, Informative

    No vote.

  2. Re:How about this... by alfa2omega · · Score: 3, Informative
    No it does not!

    m-ID is a technology that ties the national ID card with the SIM. This mean You can have only one valid m-ID AFAIK.
    Just a little info about it http://id.ee/?id=10995.

    PS! m-ID is allot better than the usual ID card as its always with you and does not need any special hardware :)

  3. Re:ARE? by aasitus · · Score: 3, Informative

    Estonia is a collective noun, so in British English using the plural verb form is completely correct.