The article analyzes the main potential threats that arise when using electronic voting, as well as possible ways to neutralize them. The authors reveal the concepts and basic systems of evoting. Potential advantages and disadvantages of electronic expression of will are also analyzed. Considerable attention is paid to the potential threats of e-voting, which are differentiated by authors into 4 main groups, and ways to neutralize existing threats. Researchers offer their own formula for determining the level of threats when using e-voting, and therefore, depending on the results obtained on the basis of expert assessments, the expediency or inexpediency of implementing this type of will expression.
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