Stand Up Debate: Should The UK Get E-Voting?

Much of our lives are spent online nowadays - social networks to catch up with friends, online shops to bag a bargain and e-banking to keep on top of our finances.

Many government services are already available on the internet - from applying for a driving licence to submitting tax returns.

Even the Census has been given a 21st century makeover, with an online form available for the first time in 2011.

Why then is Britain yet to introduce a virtual ballot box alongside the conventional pen and paper?

Are there security concerns - or perhaps giving people the opportunity to vote online would fail to address the problem of falling turnout, particularly among young people?

Sky's Senior Political Correspondent Jason Farrell and guests debated the issue in an online webchat.

He was joined by Stand Up Be Counted contributor Areeq Chowdhury, who founded WebRoots Democracy to campaign for online voting, as well as Emma Mulqueeny, who sits on the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy , and Marju Tamp, a member of the National Youth Council in Estonia , where e-voting was introduced in 2005.

Watch the event again through the Sky News website or through Stand Up Be Counted , a new platform for 16-25-year-olds to speak out and discuss the issues that matter most to them.