AI and Core Electoral Processes: Mapping the Horizons
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2302.03774v1
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 22:06:24 GMT
- Title: AI and Core Electoral Processes: Mapping the Horizons
- Authors: Deepak P, Stanley Simoes, Muiris MacCarthaigh
- Abstract summary: We consider five representative avenues within the core electoral process which have potential for AI usage.
These five avenues are: voter list maintenance, determining polling booth locations, polling booth protection processes, voter authentication and video monitoring of elections.
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- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Abstract: Significant enthusiasm around AI uptake has been witnessed across societies
globally. The electoral process -- the time, place and manner of elections
within democratic nations -- has been among those very rare sectors in which AI
has not penetrated much. Electoral management bodies in many countries have
recently started exploring and deliberating over the use of AI in the electoral
process. In this paper, we consider five representative avenues within the core
electoral process which have potential for AI usage, and map the challenges
involved in using AI within them. These five avenues are: voter list
maintenance, determining polling booth locations, polling booth protection
processes, voter authentication and video monitoring of elections. Within each
of these avenues, we lay down the context, illustrate current or potential
usage of AI, and discuss extant or potential ramifications of AI usage, and
potential directions for mitigating risks while considering AI usage. We
believe that the scant current usage of AI within electoral processes provides
a very rare opportunity, that of being able to deliberate on the risks and
mitigation possibilities, prior to real and widespread AI deployment. This
paper is an attempt to map the horizons of risks and opportunities in using AI
within the electoral processes and to help shape the debate around the topic.
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