The effectiveness of information support for remote electronic voting in Russia

The article presents the results of studying the effectiveness of information technologies for providing remote electronic voting according to the criteria of awareness and trust in this voting format among Russian youth. The object of the research is the practice of electronic voting in the youth segment of the Russian electorate. The subject of the research is information technologies for providing remote electronic voting for the youth electorate. The identification of the level of awareness and confidence of young people in remote electronic voting is due not only to its scientific significance, but also to the practical and political interest of federal and regional authorities in involving this group of the population in the electoral process. Young people, distinguished by their socio-demographic characteristics, which mark a transitional period of development, are in the stage of civic formation, and require the creation of conditions for equal access of this population group to sources of information about government elections, taking into account its characteristics, values and interests during election campaigns. The main research method was a comparative analysis of the results of studying the level of awareness and trust of young people in remote electronic voting, which made it possible to measure the effectiveness of information support for the electorate during electronic voting, identify and substantiate the degree of their awareness of the possibility of using electronic voting, the level of trust in this system and the willingness to use it by the youth electorate. The results obtained allow us to assert the success of information support for the possibility of young people to participate in elections through remote electronic voting. According to the data obtained, only slightly more than half of the young people surveyed trust this method of voting. The current level of trust, in turn, cannot but influence youth decision-making on remote voting. It is possible to note a decrease in the number of young people willing to vote remotely in the elections. Undoubtedly, these results require a deeper study of the issues related to the level of confidence of young people in the election procedure and voting format, but it is obvious that it is necessary to reformat the content of publications and messages about remote electronic voting for the youth segment of the electorate, and highlight the key message about the safety of such a voting format and the convenience of its use.

elections, online voting, remote electronic voting, election information support, information technologies, informing voters, youth electorate, youth, voting procedure, electoral process