"Estonia To Hold First National Internet Election":

c|net news reports:

E-voting will be introduced for a parliamentary election on March 4, for the first time after it was used in more limited local elections in 2005....

The e-voting system was tested earlier this week, including the chance to choose the "king of the forest". Voters could pick an animal from 10 candidates, including moose, deer and boars....

But who won? In any case,

Just under 10,000 people voted via the Internet in local elections in October 2005. Computer specialists have estimated 20,000 to 40,000 of 940,000 registered voters will vote via the Internet from February 26 to 28, ahead of the March 4 election day....

The voting will take place by people putting their state-issued ID card, which has an electronic chip on it, into a reader attached to a computer and then entering two passwords....