History was made: first e-vote in EP election
EUObserver reports:
An Estonian man has become the first person in EU history to vote online, as internet campaigns make their mark on the 2009 elections. But a throwback in Northern Ireland has seen canvassers threatened with a gun.
Vahur Orrin from Tallinn cast his vote in Brussels one second after the virtual polling station opened at 8.00am local time, with the moment captured on video for the YouTube file-sharing website.
And here’s the video, too:
This is one of the things that makes one proud to be from Estonia. And, e-voting has taken place in this tiny internet-savvy country for quite some time already, for European Parliament election this was the first one.
Yet another reason why not to be afraid of ID-cards – they make your life much, much easier.
(Hat tip to @FaiterPailot.)
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