Online-Wahlen zu Parlamenten als modernes Instrument demokratischer Partizipation in Zeiten von Pandemie und Digitalisierung

Abstract

The Corona pandemic, which has been going on for over a year, has Germany tightly in its grip. More than ever before, the digitalisation deficit in administration and business, which was already frequently noted, has become visible. Yet modern technologies can help to maintain social life or even to reverse restrictions that have occurred due to pandemic events. Where pen and paper used to be unavoidable, digital formats can now be used. Elections to parliaments are a particularly important field of application. They are a direct expression of democracy and indispensable for a free and pluralistic society. For this reason, progressive digitalisation must also be made fruitful in this area and online voting must be used for a contemporary electoral technology. This article is therefore dedicated to the challenges of online elections to parliaments in the age of digitization.