{"id":209,"date":"2015-02-22T13:06:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T12:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/blog\/?p=209"},"modified":"2015-04-27T10:08:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T08:08:48","slug":"democracy-in-the-digital-age-holding-secure-elections-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/blog\/en\/digital-democracy\/democracy-in-the-digital-age-holding-secure-elections-online","title":{"rendered":"Democracy in the Digital Age: Holding secure elections online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"en-US\">While online media simplify people&#8217;s lives in almost all aspects in the digital society of the 21st century, one of humanity&#8217;s greatest achievements continues to be conducted manually. Yet customary ballot and postal votes are costly, complicated and effortful. Thankfully there are already alternatives with which the benefits of the digital world can also be used for voting. 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