On Being Modern: New Technologies and Voting Outside the US
http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/upa_publications/upa_voice/volumes/5/issue_3/voting_not_us.html

Ferguson, Louise
Usability Professionals Association
2003

Abstract:

The argument most frequently advanced in the United Kingdom in favour of implementing electronic voting is that it will increase turnout. In the UK, the under-25s tend to avoid voting in elections of any type. Local government and European Parliament elections rank among the worst for turnout (below 40 percent) and demonstrate a continuous downward trend in recent years.