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:: "Swiss referendum tests virtual democracy" ::
From TheAge.Com.AU
Swiss authorities have hailed as a success what they said was the world's first binding internet vote in a national referendum.
About 2720 people in four Geneva suburbs - about one in five voters in the region who took part in the referendum - cast their ballots online on Sunday on issues including naturalisation laws, maternity leave and postal reform.
It took officials 13 minutes and five seconds to count the contents of the "virtual ballot box", cantonal (state) officials said.
Swiss authorities decided to organise the internet vote following a string of successful local online polls in Geneva and other cities.
"The success of this first pilot in the framework of a federal ballot is an important milestone for remote electronic voting in Switzerland," said Annemarie Huber-Hotz, head of Switzerland's federal chancellory.
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