Wanganui voters could be among the first to cast their votes online when the next local body elections come around in two years' time.
The option of electronic voting has been flagged by a government working party, which says it could be feasible by 2016.
The report said online voting should not replace the postal ballot, but should work alongside existing forms of voting.
Wanganui Mayor Annette Main told the Chronicle that when the possibility of online voting was raised, the council asked to be one of the areas where it was trialled.
"We haven't heard anything since but will be ensuring we follow up, especially as we have already met Amy Adams [Minister of Communications and Information Technology] to discuss technology change and our progress ahead of other areas," Ms Main said.
She said the idea of online voting fitted in well with the city's digital strategy.
The working party looked at other countries which had already introduced online voting, the local government electoral system and technological and security challenges associated with online voting and believes this voting option "is feasible and desirable".
"It could make the voting process easier and faster, increase the speed and accuracy of obtaining results and could reduce costs of local elections over time," the report said.
Although smaller-scale trials in the lead-up to the local elections would be important, the working party said there were no opportunities to trial online voting that would be "significant enough" to give the system a thorough test ahead of a full local government election.
The report said online security for voting was critical and that it would not be easy. It said no information and communications technology (ITC) system was perfect, and absolute security on the internet was not achievable.
It has recommended the Department of Internal Affairs take the lead on further investigations into online voting and that councils and communities be given the opportunity to choose whether online voting would be available as a voting method in their regions.
It was hoped online voting would be one of a number of ways to lift voter turnout at elections, which has been trending downward for the past decade.