ABSTRACT
This chapter explains how technology meets e-government to facilitate electronic voting. It presents an overview of where and how e-voting has been adopted in the United States and in other parts of the world. However, there is a growing realization that e-voting will eventually evolve into I-voting. Originally thought of as straightforward voting using desktop computers connected to the Internet, the notion of I-voting has expanded to allow for the use of newer digital communication devices like smartphones and social media apps paired with these devices. The work serves only as an early starting point for information gathering and analysis and expect there will be more subsequent research in this field as digital technology becomes more closely intertwined with governance and voting. The method of research employed has several limitations. Adoption of Internet voting should continue to have among its primary aims an increase in political participation and reduction in residual votes.
