The Internet continues to influence and evolve society and as a result political discussion on internet voting is necessary as the implementation of internet voting will have an impact on democracy. With internet voting as a subject of debate in today's society, it is evident that society is evolving and in response democracy will evolve. ... However, Harrop overlooks that as society adopts new behaviors and evolves in an increasingly digital world it is inevitable that democracy will also evolve and play a different role rather than being diminished. ... For the author, Internet votin...

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Today Kazakhstan supports such rules of the game, when it is safer and more profitable for economic and political elites to keep a status-quo, even if it is strategically ineffective, rather than to bear the costs and risks of transition to a true democracy model. ... And I can emphasize that this gives the hope for all of us about the changes in mass consciousness of civil society, concerning its direct participation in democracy promotion. ... But, there is an exact problem that Kazakhstan has a traditional society not the western one. ... That's why there are such phenomena as rejecti...

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Throughout the history of Australian politics, voting behaviours have been caught in an ebb and flow between socio-economic and cultural influences. These influences can be categorized into three varying terms: long-term influences such as class or party identification, mid-term influences such as the impact of leadership or government performance and short-term influences such as the election campaign or policy announcements. In terms of broadly assessing the attributes of voting behavior in Australia, we are forced to consider the system of compulsory voting. It is recognized that an analysi...

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