https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/_en, This is the initiative I am talking about. You have to prove you are an EU citizen and then you can sign for the initiatives you want and if a million signatures are reaching within a year then it must be brought to the EU commission.

So if citizens of EU member states can sign online, why can’t they vote online for elections or referendums? If possible, this would decrease the need and power of representative democracy and move closer to direct democracy, which I argue is a good thing

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
    54·
    2 months ago

    Because signing a petition isn’t voting. First and foremost voting should be anonymous. Secondly voting should be secret. Combine these with online voting from an unsecured location where your spouse could coerce you into voting for their candidate and it becomes a security nightmare.

    On top of that voting should be transparent. With simple paper ballots any child, idiot and elderly person, every citizen can understand how it works. YOU can keep an eye on the whole process to make sure everything is counted and reported correctly. This isn’t a theoretical possibility. People actually do that. And that way irregularities do get spotted.

    • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
      8·
      2 months ago

      You could summarize the whole transparency thing into just one word: trust. As long as people trust that everything is fine, the society can continue to function. When people loose trust, everything falls apart.

      If you can convince millions of people that the voting system works and is fair, you can have a democratic society. If not, you might want to look into alternatives such as totalitarian dictatorship, monarchy or even post apocalyptic absolute chaos.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
      51·
      2 months ago

      Combine these with online voting from an unsecured location where your spouse could coerce you into voting for their candidate and it becomes a security nightmare.

      Uh like postal voting from home? This should not be a serious concern.

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
      73·
      2 months ago

      child

      Obviously babies cant vote but i find it weird how zionist we are about a magic age number to mark full maturity.

      We allow demented elders to become president so why not also lets kids vote, its their future.

      • B312@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 months ago

        Because not all kids know better and are far more gullible than the average adult

        • BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Yes, because surely all adults know better, that’s why they so frequently swallow propaganda and vote against their own interests.

          It’s controversial and it has its own problems with enforcement, but it often seems like there should be some kind of civics and media literacy test before voting. Of course, whoever is administering the test is going to have their own biases and agendas, so it’s no magic bullet solution.

          There’s a vast gulf in maturity between children at different ages, and everyone develops at their own pace. Some thirteen year olds are more mature than many eighteen year olds, and some forty year olds needed more time to cook but they still graduated anyway.