Towards E-democracy in the Middle East: E-voting Adoption

Despite governmental efforts to facilitate elections and voting procedures for citizens in Jordan, there is a need for more governmental initiatives to ensure a high level of participation by voters in the election process, in particular, in the parliamentary election. This paper introduces the concept of e-voting as one potential governmental initiative that would provide the citizenry with a new method of voting. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate people's interaction with e-voting and to address the main factors that may influence their intention to engage with evoting as a new way of choosing their representative in parliament. This study used an established e-government adoption model to present the main predictors for voters' intentions to use an online voting system. By addressing these factors, the government in Jordan could build a strategy to market and introduce e-voting as a new method of choosing members of the House of Representative. This research paper provides a foundation for future empirical studies on e-voting adoption.