Banca de DEFESA: FÁBIO MONTEIRO SANTOS LIMA

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STUDENT : FÁBIO MONTEIRO SANTOS LIMA
DATE: 22/09/2023
TIME: 15:00
LOCAL: Escola de Administração, Sala 01
TITLE:

Online Voting: possibilities and limits in light of democratic principles

KEY WORDS:

democracy; electoral process; online voting; democratic principles; freedom and secrecy of voting; possibilities and limits

PAGES: 125
BIG AREA: Outra
AREA: Multidisciplinar
SUMMARY:

This work is inserted within the context of permanent transformation of democracy, notably due to the increasing impact of technological advances in modern representative governments. Thus, we seek to analyze the feasibility of adopting online voting in Brazil in light of the democratic principles of the constitutional matrix. The choice of the constitutional approach was made because any change in the voting system must, without a doubt, take into account the fundamental rights that are fundamental to all Brazilian citizens, namely the right to secrecy and freedom to vote, which are reinforced by the the very idea of popular sovereignty that underlies the entire constitutional-electoral structure of Brazil. Thus, the problem to be debated in this study is presented – that is, the search for modern mechanisms that guarantee the fairness of the process at the same time that they materialize the fundamental guarantees of the citizen. Based on bibliographical and documentary research, the democratic principles and their purposes were analyzed, the importance of voting for the quality of a democracy, in addition to the formal and material legitimacy of the electoral procedure. In addition to the doctrine-based study, a comparative analysis was carried out with practical experiences where online voting already exists, such as Estonia, which has a pioneering digital voting system (i-voting). In the end, conclusions were presented regarding the compatibility or otherwise of adopting such a voting system in view of the citizen's constitutional guarantees.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - JOSAFÁ DA SILVA COELHO - IFBA
Presidente - 1744950 - FRANCISCO BERTINO BEZERRA DE CARVALHO
Interno - 3449446 - JAIME BARREIROS NETO