The Validation Of An e-voting Adoption Model using Focus Group

The e-voting adoption model has been developed to assess the acceptance of the end user (voter) of a voting system in which the IT is deployed in its processes and also to explain the factors predicting its acceptance. The study sought to explore the validity and feasibility of the model using a focus group study (FGS) to streamline the validation process as an initial step before the researcher carried out quantitatively the validation. A total of 7 experts in the election field agreed to participate in the FGDs to validate the model according to pre-defined validation criteria using a 5-point Likert scale for scoring. Consensus on expert opinions was defined at Interquartile Range (IQR) ≤1. Apart from Effort Expectancy and Political Trust, all other constructs in the proposed model got the experts consensus and satisfaction. Consequently, the results indicated that the proposed e-voting adoption model is suitable for assessing the voters' acceptance and can also be used for continuous improvement.