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= E-election to be tested in 13 municipalities = {{{#!span class=news_date 11. June 2012 }}} Today the Ministry of Economic and Interior affairs announced a formal agreement to examine the possibilities of electronic elections in Denmark together with DemTech. The project will span the elections in the Danish municipalities 2013. So far 13 municipalities have expressed an interest in the new election technologies and if the project succeeds, DemTech will be able to collect unique insight in the aspects of electronic voting.

Margrethe Vestager, the Minster of Economic and Interior affairs, pointed out three areas where electronic elections could help improve the process: "We will get rid of the pile of invalid ballots, where the polling staff are unable to deduce what the voter voted. A second advantage is for the visually impaired who vote without aid". Third the municipalities can limit the resources spent on counting the votes if the electronic processes takes over.

== Articles ==

• [http://www.hk.dk/kommunal/nyheder/nyhedsarkiv/juni_2012/forskere_skal_undersoege_e_valg Researches to examine e-election] ''(Danish)''.
• [http://kommunen.dk/Artikel/?id=1764 E-election to be tested] ''(Danish, requires login)''.
• [http://kommunen.dk/Artikel/index.php?id=1775 E-election on the People Meeting] ''(Danish, requires login)''.
• [http://dknyt.dk/sider/artikel.php%3Fid=61934&OpointData=bb7ad4e2a173016834408f66d4de018cJmlkX3NpdGU9NTU3NCZpZF9hcnRpY2xlPTM4NDE4JmlkX3VzZXI9Mjg0MCZpZF9hcHBsaWNhdGlvbj0xMDAwMzU5Jmxhbmc9ZW4= E-election to be tested in 13 municipalities] ''(Danish, requires login)''.