Norbert Kersting is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Marburg, Germany. His research interests include the implementation of new information and communication technologies within political parties, the public sector and electoral processes. He has also co-ordinated large-scale research programmes on political participation and democratization. He has published extensively on public sector reform and new instruments of participation in a comparative perspective. He is a member of the board of the standing research committee on local government in the international Association of Political Science. Harald Baldersheim is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Norway. He has published extensively on leadership and innovation in local and regional government. He has co-ordinated large-scale research programmes on processes of democratization in post-communist Europe and has also studied the spread of new communication technologies in Third World countries. He served as the chairperson of the standing research committee on local government in the International Association of Political Science.

• List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Preface PART I: ISSUES AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS Electronic Voting and Democratic Issues: An Introduction; N.Kersting & H.Baldersheim Cyber Citizens: Mapping Internet Access and Digital Divides in Western Europe; K.Grönlund Online Democracy: Is it Viable? Is it Desirable? Internet Voting and Normative Democratic Theory; H.Buchstein PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES Electronic Voting in the United States: At the Leading Edge or Lagging Behind?; F.I.Solop Electronic Voting in Switzerland; H.Geser Electronic Voting in Estonia; W.Drechsler & Ü.Madise Electronic Voting in Austria: Current State of Public Internet Elections; A.Prosser, R.Krimmer & R.Kofler Electronic Voting in Finland: The Internet and its Political Applications; M.Setälä & K.Grönlund Electronic Voting in Germany: Political Elections Online - Utopia or the Future?; P.Karger Electronic Democracy in Sweden: Hare or Tortoise?; J.Olsson & J.Åström Electronic Voting in the United Kingdom: Lessons and Limitations from the UK Experience; L.Pratchett & M.Wingfield PART II: STUDIES ON ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION AND DIGITAL DIVIDES Will New Technology Boost Turnout? Evaluating Experiments in UK Local Elections; P.Norris Citizen Attitudes About Online Voting; R.S.McNeal, C.Hribar & C.J.Tolbert Digital Democracy Comes of Age: Internet Voting and the 2000 Arizona Democratic Primary Election; F.I.Solop Internet Voting Behaviour: Lessons from a German Local Election; N.Kersting PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Adopting Electronic Voting: Context Matters; N.Kersting, R.Leenes & J.S. Svensson

Norbert Kersting is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Marburg, Germany. His research interests include the implementation of new information and communication technologies within political parties, the public sector and electoral processes. He has also co-ordinated large-scale research programmes on political participation and democratization. He has published extensively on public sector reform and new instruments of participation in a comparative perspective. He is a member of the board of the standing research committee on local government in the international Association of Political Science. Harald Baldersheim is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Norway. He has published extensively on leadership and innovation in local and regional government. He has co-ordinated large-scale research programmes on processes of democratization in post-communist Europe and has also studied the spread of new communication technologies in Third World countries. He served as the chairperson of the standing research committee on local government in the International Association of Political Science.

• List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Preface PART I: ISSUES AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS Electronic Voting and Democratic Issues: An Introduction; N.Kersting & H.Baldersheim Cyber Citizens: Mapping Internet Access and Digital Divides in Western Europe; K.Grönlund Online Democracy: Is it Viable? Is it Desirable? Internet Voting and Normative Democratic Theory; H.Buchstein PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES Electronic Voting in the United States: At the Leading Edge or Lagging Behind?; F.I.Solop Electronic Voting in Switzerland; H.Geser Electronic Voting in Estonia; W.Drechsler & Ü.Madise Electronic Voting in Austria: Current State of Public Internet Elections; A.Prosser, R.Krimmer & R.Kofler Electronic Voting in Finland: The Internet and its Political Applications; M.Setälä & K.Grönlund Electronic Voting in Germany: Political Elections Online - Utopia or the Future?; P.Karger Electronic Democracy in Sweden: Hare or Tortoise?; J.Olsson & J.Åström Electronic Voting in the United Kingdom: Lessons and Limitations from the UK Experience; L.Pratchett & M.Wingfield PART II: STUDIES ON ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION AND DIGITAL DIVIDES Will New Technology Boost Turnout? Evaluating Experiments in UK Local Elections; P.Norris Citizen Attitudes About Online Voting; R.S.McNeal, C.Hribar & C.J.Tolbert Digital Democracy Comes of Age: Internet Voting and the 2000 Arizona Democratic Primary Election; F.I.Solop Internet Voting Behaviour: Lessons from a German Local Election; N.Kersting PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Adopting Electronic Voting: Context Matters; N.Kersting, R.Leenes & J.S. Svensson

Norbert Kersting is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Marburg, Germany. His research interests include the implementation of new information and communication technologies within political parties, the public sector and electoral processes. He has also co-ordinated large-scale research programmes on political participation and democratization. He has published extensively on public sector reform and new instruments of participation in a comparative perspective. He is a member of the board of the standing research committee on local government in the international Association of Political Science. Harald Baldersheim is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Norway. He has published extensively on leadership and innovation in local and regional government. He has co-ordinated large-scale research programmes on processes of democratization in post-communist Europe and has also studied the spread of new communication technologies in Third World countries. He served as the chairperson of the standing research committee on local government in the International Association of Political Science.

• List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Preface PART I: ISSUES AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS Electronic Voting and Democratic Issues: An Introduction; N.Kersting & H.Baldersheim Cyber Citizens: Mapping Internet Access and Digital Divides in Western Europe; K.Grönlund Online Democracy: Is it Viable? Is it Desirable? Internet Voting and Normative Democratic Theory; H.Buchstein PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES Electronic Voting in the United States: At the Leading Edge or Lagging Behind?; F.I.Solop Electronic Voting in Switzerland; H.Geser Electronic Voting in Estonia; W.Drechsler & Ü.Madise Electronic Voting in Austria: Current State of Public Internet Elections; A.Prosser, R.Krimmer & R.Kofler Electronic Voting in Finland: The Internet and its Political Applications; M.Setälä & K.Grönlund Electronic Voting in Germany: Political Elections Online - Utopia or the Future?; P.Karger Electronic Democracy in Sweden: Hare or Tortoise?; J.Olsson & J.Åström Electronic Voting in the United Kingdom: Lessons and Limitations from the UK Experience; L.Pratchett & M.Wingfield PART II: STUDIES ON ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION AND DIGITAL DIVIDES Will New Technology Boost Turnout? Evaluating Experiments in UK Local Elections; P.Norris Citizen Attitudes About Online Voting; R.S.McNeal, C.Hribar & C.J.Tolbert Digital Democracy Comes of Age: Internet Voting and the 2000 Arizona Democratic Primary Election; F.I.Solop Internet Voting Behaviour: Lessons from a German Local Election; N.Kersting PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Adopting Electronic Voting: Context Matters; N.Kersting, R.Leenes & J.S. Svensson