@techreport{Thurman2009,
	title = {Three {Case} {Studies} from {Switzerland}: {Smartvote}},
	abstract = {Since 2003,  a diverse coalition of political scientists, computer  scientists, economists, historians, and other specialists largely affiliated  with universities have developed and made broadly available an online voter  information system in Switzerland called Smartvote. By taking user input and  candidate data about positions on various political issues, Smartvote ranks and  matches citizens with the politician that best matches their preferences. This  case study gives an overview of Smartvote, examining the design,  administration, and development of the system into the future. While this  initial assessment suggests that Smartvote possesses huge opportunities to improve  access to information among the electorate, promote participation in elections,  and increase transparency on political positions, it also suggests that there  are several salient risks. These include biases in the survey tool that  collects information for Smartvote, the impact of a largely opaque system of  administrating Smartvote, and insufficiently rich data in matching voters to  candidates. The case study suggests various improvements to the system, and  suggests that Smartvote ultimately plays a positive role in increasing  information accessibility to citizens in the voting process},
	institution = {Berkman Center Research Publication},
	author = {Thurman, J and Gasser, U},
	year = {2009},
	note = {Publication Title: Berkman Center Research Publication No.2009
Volume: 2009-03.3},
}

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