Nippon News Network (NNN)
One vote easily with a smartphone without going to the polling place. The election voting style may change in the near future. Will young people's low turnout will be improved? The initiative that is the site of education has begun. ◇◇ kind, Yuna Edagawa (16) of Ibaraki Prefectural Namiki -General Education School is a fourth grader in a general high school. I am in charge of election management committee members in school elections to select student council members. Mr. Edagawa was nervous for his first attempt. Chairman of the Selection Committee "The Internet voting is the only year of the fourth year." In fact, it is a full -fledged one with a view to the introduction of an election to select an actual politician, and the local Tsukuba is backed up. Tsukuba City Policy Innovation Department Yusuke Mori: "Why do you do it, what kind of intentions you do, and whether you should use your own into your own and use the Internet voting in future towns, municipal administration, and government. I want people to deepen the discussion. "◇◇◇◇◇" But that would increase the number of ballot boxes, so it costs that cost. " Isn't it okay to make it? "" Net voting ", which can vote without going to a polling place, is expected to increase the voting turnout and increase the efficiency of counting votes. The day of the election. The issue of online elections is to "keep the secrets of voting." The "voting app" provided by IT companies has been downloaded in advance on smartphones used by students. It is said that while voters do not know who they voted, they will prevent spoofing and duplicate voting. Is it really good? When the voting starts, each student votes from the favorite place in the school. Choose a candidate to vote and press the voting button to complete. Students voted in the classroom "Easy, easy to do." A student voted in the classroom "It was a little difficult to set up, but I was saved because the actual voting was done quickly." Let's go! " In fact, 22 people voted for paper due to trouble, such as not being able to log in. There were 130 out of 160 people on the net, including the absence of eight people. The voting was over, and after school, the voting work for other grades and other grades continued, but the results of the online voting were instantly appeared. Mr. Edagawa, who looked at the counting results, had a role. Yuna Edagawa "It was a job that monitored whether there was no fraud. This time, I talked to my parents about voting on the Internet. I think you will be participating in the selection. "Tsukuba City wants to get used to the younger generation and introduce an online voting three years later. On the other hand, solving problems such as responding to system problems is required.