Swiss Post launches e-voting public demo version

Swiss Post is now offering all of the Swiss voting public the option to become familiar with e-voting at home in a fictitious vote using a public demo system. In a statement issued today (27 February), Swiss Post said: “At the end of January, the Canton of Basel-Stadt became the third canton to decide to use the Swiss Post e-voting solution. Basel-Stadt wants to be able to offer e voting to up to 50 percent of its voting public by 2018. ”

With regard to the two cantons already using the system, Swiss Post said: “More than 5,000 Swiss citizens living abroad and registered in the Canton of Fribourg were able to cast their votes online during the votes on 27 November 2016 and 12 February 2017. The Canton of Neuchâtel used the Swiss Post system for the first time during voting on 12 February for 32,000 registered voters. Both cantons will use the system for all confederate voting in 2017.”