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National scene: Lawmakers say e-voting ‘problematic’
During its working visit to Germany, the special committee tasked with deliberating the election bill found that the country was no longer implementing e-voting because it was prone to hacking
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uring its working visit to Germany, the special committee tasked with deliberating the election bill found that the country was no longer implementing e-voting because it was prone to hacking.
The committee was on a controversial working visit to Germany and Mexico, from March 11 to 16.
“We confirmed in Germany that e-voting is just as problematic. There is no supporting data and it’s prone to hacking,” committee member Johnny G. Plate said at the legislative complex in Senayan as quoted by kompas.com on Monday.
Johnny said that at the beginning of the election bill discussion the committee determined that the one major problem surrounding elections in Indonesia was the high number of election disputes.
Geographical challenges also served as obstacles in monitoring traditional ballot counting across the archipelagic nation. The committee then came up with the idea of implementing e-voting, e-counting and e-witnessing.
