Forget the traditional polling booth; voters want the chance to vote online

Forget the traditional polling booth; voters want the chance to vote online:

More than three quarters of electors - 77% - would vote on the internet if they could, finds new research.

But it is hard to know what credence to give the poll as four per cent believed former Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee had the greatest number of Twitter fans, even though he died in 1967 and seven per cent thought a tweet was a small African rodent.

The survey of 1,000 people by social media consultants Lewis Communications was conducted to gauge public attitudes to the use of social media and digital technology by political parties.

The poll also found that 15% thought David Cameron had the most followers on Twitter, even though the Tory leader famously criticised the micro-blogging site by claiming on a radio show that 'too many twits make a twat'

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