I’ve been th!nking about the democratic deficit that we’ve all talked about so much. Sure, most people don’t care, but then there is also a good reason why they don’t. While we’re working on that, we could try to popularize the voting process in itself. Make it easier, more accessible, more integrated into everyday life. Hey, a lot of people talk about the Swiss model of direct democracy as civilization in its purest form. Is there any possible way that could be implemented across the EU?
I went to see someone who had the answer.
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Excellent modulation at the end.
Yeah, figured I’d wake the punters up a bit.
Estonia looks like a tropical paradise (gale-force wind in the opening excepted), I don’t know if the travel argument is significant when it comes to widespread use of ID cards…
Oh, yeah, the security token still works just fine for transferring amounts more than 200 EUR, but that’s just a journalistic point of order.
Since you asked, the editing is OK. I would guess you are no stranger to the camera lens.
The travel argument’s been raised on TAI before, and one of the newer post is about expat communities and walking to vote - so I think it’s interesting. The ability to vote early and change your vote is far more useful though.
Yes, security tokens still work - and similarly, you can simply go to the bank branch and make any transfer you like.
But the limitations are likely to drive more people to use ID cards, which should have a knock-on effect on the other bits of functionality.
Thanks Andrei, that was a good reminder to vote.
Wait - I am an overseas expat. Then I rushed to the German embassy website. There was something written of living in the EU, could not find the dead line for registering. Seems to be too late to get a vote. And I saw the dead line for registering for the national election in September. So I will do my bureaucratical plight. But I will miss my first election since I am able to vote. Damn.
Surely you can just go to the embassy in Seoul on voting day?
But yeah. If you had an Estonian ID card, you wouldn’t be having these problems.