Estonia’s mobile voting delayed by auditing concerns

Testing of Estonia's prototype mobile online voting app for iOS. May 22, 2025. Source: Aili Vahtla/ERR

Concerns about how voting by mobile can be audited saw the National Electoral Committee last week narrowly vote down plans to introduce m-voting this autumn at the local elections.

Estonia’s elections have been held online for more than 15 years, but it is still not possible to cast a vote using a mobile phone. Currently, this can only be done by using a computer.

While the development of m-voting started several years ago, implementation has been held back for several reasons, including the need to change the law.

Last week, the committee voted to delay the plan’s rollout again. Members of the Rigiikogu discussed the issue on Monday afternoon and the main concerns were connected to auditing.

Committee’s chair Ingrid Kullerkann said last week’s vote was quite close, but for now, the prevailing view is that it is too early to use the app.

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