PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF INTRODUCTION OF ELECTRONIC VOTING IN UKRAINE

Abstract

According to Article 69 of the Constitution of Ukraine, popular will is exercised through elections, referendums and other forms of direct democracy, and part one of Article 38 of the Constitution of Ukraine (hereinafter - the Constitution, the Basic Law) gives citizens the right to participate in all-Ukrainian and local referendums.

One of the system-forming elements of the democratic political process is the institution of political elections. The formation of this institute reproduces the historical path of a long and controversial search by society for a better model of public administration. 

With the adoption of the Electoral Code in 2019, completely new rules for counting votes were established. These innovations were first put into practice in local elections in October 2020.

The main disadvantage of the new system is the counting of votes. It should be noted here that the establishment of the election results takes a very long time. The duration of this process is due to various factors. In particular, on October 25, 2020, 4 types of local elections were held in Ukraine at once - elections to the regional council, elections to the district council, elections of the mayor and elections to city / village councils.

According to the authors, one of the ways to solve this problem is to introduce electronic voting.