You probably know that by now it is not possible to vote with a cell phone in the election, and you can only do so in person or by mail. What you can do is request to opt-in by mail from your smartphone with a digital certificate or secure authentication method.

However, stay in the air to see if you will be able to do so in the future. Everything goes to say that, no matter how much you use your phone for almost all areas of your life and they have even improved a lot in terms of privacy and security, You won’t be able to vote with your smartphone now not anytime soon. It’s something that’s too green at the moment, and there are still a lot of people who don’t think it’s necessary.

When will we be able to vote with a cell phone?

It seems like this possibility wasn’t considered, so there’s a chance we’ll never be able to vote with our phones. Of course, since everything changes continuously, we cannot guarantee that in any more distant future we don’t see ourselves voting comfortably from our phones.

This would greatly speed up the count and would probably increase the number of people willing to vote, both among the younger, more tech-savvy population and those who find it more difficult to travel to where they have to vote.

There are many reasons why this is not a possibility, such as the investment that must be made for it or the insecurity before what could happen. The technology is very secure, but it’s also very easy to break into, and a good hacker can easily tamper with election results.

Can you vote with your phone somewhere?

There is countries where you can vote online since many years. This is the case Estonia, which has allowed it since 2005. France has had its ups and downs, as they introduced electronic voting in 2009 for residents abroad, stopped using it in 2017 and reactivated it in 2020.

In the United States of America, a few years ago they have taken a step forward by updating their guidelines so manufacturers can test the safety of their electronic voting machines. In the great Britain they started their test with SMS. In this latter case, it hasn’t materialized in an actual election yet, but it could be closer than we think.

Not so in our country, where They haven’t even considered it nor do they think it’s the best idea. There will be a lot of work to be done, and years will have to pass for this to change. Lots other European Union countries, like Spain, has not implemented mobile or Internet voting as it is deemed unnecessary and involves huge costs with many possible risks. Although the benefits are enormous, the dangers are also enormous. Therefore, for now at least, we can’t hope to turn voicemail into a form on our phones.