The Baltic state of Estonia plans to become the world's first country to allow voting in a national parliamentary election via the Internet
E-voting will be introduced for a parliamentary election on March 4, for the first time after it was used in more limited local elections in 2005.
Estonia rushed to modernise after independence, and has become a major European base for Internet telephony group Skype: Estonians helped develop the service, owned by ebay Inc.
Just under 10,000 people voted via the Internet in local elections in October 2005.
Computer specialists have estimated 20,000-40,000 of 940,000 registered voters will vote via the Internet from Feb. 26-28, ahead of the March 4 election day.
reuters
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