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Information Technology in a Global Society
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Political process: voting and elections, lobbying,
open government and free movement of information |
Do some research on
the use of IT in the political process, then answer the questions below.
Research Links:
Some European countries are
experimenting with e-voting, which allows voters to cast
their votes via electronic voting machines or from their
PC's.
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Identify two items of information
that a home user would need to have in order to vote
using a computer from home
[2 marks]
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Explain the purpose of one item of
hardware and one item of software that would be required
in addition to a PC for online voting
[4 marks]
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Describe two reasons why the result
of an election that included e-voting may not be trusted
[4 marks]
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Discuss three advantages of e-voting.
Evaluate your arguments
[10 marks]
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