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Keywords: Adoption, Democracy, Developing Countries, Egypt, Mobile Voting
1. INTRODUCTION
Many developing countries did several steps
to move towards democracy. Democracy in
its simple definition is that people are able to
participate in the political life to select their
politicians who represent them in the politi-
cal system (Choi, 2006). The Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) provides an
excellent opportunity for democracy by provid-
ing several means for citizens to participate in the
decision making such as e-forums, e-referenda,
e-voting, and other forms of e-participation
(Pippa, 2004). The most important one of these
technologies is the e-voting where citizens vote
for their candidates which considered the core
part of the democracy process.
For many years, the traditional voting
method, which includes the use of ballot at
polling centers or the use of postal mails, has
been used for many years (Chaum et al., 2008;
Hajjar et al., 2006; Stanica-Ezeanu, 2008).
However, in the last few decades some countries
utilized the ICT in the voting process and the
electronic voting (e-voting) was introduced
(Stanica-Ezeanu, 2008). The electronic voting
includes the use of a computer rather than the
traditional way of ballot at polling centers. E-
Assessing Citizens Acceptance
of Mobile Voting System in
Developing Countries:
The Case of Egypt
Hany Abdelghaffar, German University in Cairo, Egypt
Lina Galal, German University in Cairo, Egypt
ABSTRACT
In modern societies, information and communication technology is used to increase citizens’ participation in
the democracy process. In developing countries, to enhance the democracy, there is need to utilize the ICT
to enhance citizens’participations in the elections. This created through making the voting easier for eligible
voters and grant that their votes will be counted. This research identifes the factors that affect citizens’ inten-
tions of adopting mobile voting systems by introducing a prototype of m-voting system to citizens in Egypt.
Findings show that ease of use, usefulness, trust, and mobility have signifcant impact on citizens’ intention
to use m-voting system.
DOI: 10.4018/jea.2012040102