electronic voting, Form of computer-mediated voting in which voters make their selections with the aid of a computer. The voter usually chooses with the help of a touch-screen display, though audio interfaces can be made available for voters with visual disabilities. Ballot casting, in which voters submit their ballots; ballot recording, in which a system records the submitted ballots; and ballot tabulation, in which ballots are tabulated, are routinely done with computers even in voting systems that are not, strictly speaking, electronic. Electronic voting in the strict sense is a system where the first step, ballot composition, in which voters make choices, is done with the aid of a computer. As use of the Internet spread rapidly in the 1990s and early 21st century, it was widely anticipated that the voting process would naturally migrate there. In this scenario, voters would cast their choices from any computer connected to the Internet—including from personal computers in their homes. This type of voting mechanism is sometimes referred to as I-voting. However, many countries have decided that the Internet is not secure enough for voting purposes.