Voting Over the Internet (VOI) Pilot Project

For several years there has been growing interest in using Internet technology to make voting more accessible and convenient. A category of citizens who have experienced difficulties in participating in elections are those persons covered under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA). By definition, these citizens are unable to go to the polls in person either because they have been assigned to duty stations away from their place of voting residence or are living outside the United States.

The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) under the Department of Defense (DoD) administers this Act on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, who is the Presidential designee for carrying out the Federal provisions.

In the pursuit of identifying ways to maximize access to the polls for these citizens, the FVAP and a group of state and local election officials conducted a small-scale pilot project for the General Election in 2000 to examine the feasibility of using the Internet for remote registration and voting for UOCAVA citizens. This report presents the assessment results of the Voting Over the Internet (VOI) Pilot Project.

The VOI Report is in Adobe Acrobat format. It requires Acrobat 4.0 Reader or higher to read it. If you do not have an appropriate version of Acrobat, you can go to the following site to get a free download:
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Last updated/reviewed: December 10, 2007