[edit] Summary of Pilot

Shrewsbury and Atcham council will pilot remote Internet and telephone voting during the week before polling day. Traditional polling stations will continue to be available on polling day. Shrewsbury will also provide facilities at three networked locations during the week before polling day, where any Shrewsbury elector will be able to vote in their relevant ward and parish elections ('centralised all-elections' facilities). Providing remote Internet and telephone voting will build on the evidence available from pilot schemes undertaken in 2003, including a scheme in Shrewsbury. The 2007 Shrewsbury pilot scheme will enable us to undertake a detailed assessment of a number of key factors, including patterns of usage and take-up, accessibility, security and confidence in electronic voting. Shrewsbury’s pilot scheme will also provide evidence about the popularity and convenience of the 'centralised all-elections' facility in an authority which includes a major destination town and a large rural area. (from a DCA document)