Comment E-voting in Geneva (Score 4, Insightful) 65
The Canton of Geneva used to have e-voting for citizens abroad. I don't know how secure it was, but it was really convenient.
Voting is handled by the cantons, and I don't think all of the cantons offered electronic voting. This meant that citizens from Geneva who lived abroad could vote electronically but citizens of Ticino (for example) who lived abroad could not.
Geneva scrapped it a few years ago. I don't think anyone else has it anymore, outside of this pilot, but I could be wrong.
For those who don't know, Switzerland votes several times per year in nation-wide referendums, in addition to the normal elections for political offices. It's interesting to see the kinds of questions that are put to everyday citizens. The questions often come from everyday citizens and sometimes try to make radical changes to things.
The cantons send mail-in ballots to citizens abroad. Between the transit abroad and then back to Switzerland, I wonder how many overseas ballots actually make it back in time.