The Baltic state of Estonia last week became the first country to open up local elections to internet voting on a national level, and about one percent of votes in its local government council elections were cast online, reports CNET. With a population of roughly 1.4 million, Estonia counted a total of about half a million votes, with 6,000 of them cast online. Election officials told the Associated Press that they considered the elections a success and had received no reports of glitches or attempted hacking. The online system works via an electronic identification card.

"This country seems to have made a very concerted investment in promoting e-government generally, and this is just one component of what they're doing," said Thad Hall, a professor at the University of Utah and co-author of a book on Internet voting. "It sounds pretty likely they're going to keep doing these types of activities into the future."