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11.A Review of the Underlying Concepts of Electronic Voting

Elections and voting are fundamental to any consensus-based society. They are one of the most critical functions of democracy. There are a number of voting systems adopted all over the world with each of them having its peculiar problems. The manual voting system still appears prominent among the developed and developing nations, but with considerations being given to an electronic alternative with a view to showing most of the short comings. Furthermore, with the increased interest and attention on e-government, e-democracy and e-governance, e-voting initiatives have gained more significance. Thus, many countries are piloting with various e-voting models and systems in order to enable voting from anywhere; also, international organisations are developing standards and recommendations in this area. This paper details a review of the underlying concepts of e-voting and discusses some of the salient issues on the subject. Also, a review of common e-voting models, existing elections schemes and explanation of the usual terminologies associated with e-voting were presented.

E-voting: International developments and lessons learnt

Electronic Voting in Europe Technology, Law, Politics …

Countries worldwide are carrying growing interest in e-voting. The paper gives a brief overview on recent developments. The countries are joined in their interest by industry and international organisations. All three groups of actors-and individual actors within each group-have different and sometimes diverging reasons for their interest, and thus different goals. The paper focuses on remote / i[nternet]-voting. Member states of the Council of Europe (CoE) are in their final phase of standard-setting on e-voting. The paper provides a preview on a possible CoE recommendation. As the number of e-voting tests is growing, so are the lessons learnt. The paper contains a list of suggestions on ways how best to introduce (remote) e-voting. 1 Growing attention to e-voting E-Voting has been attracting considerable attention during the last years. This fact is based on the one hand upon interest and attention devoted to e-government, edemocracy, e-governance, etc. On the other hand, interest in e-voting is founded in problems with domestic election systems, e.g. lacking flexibility with respect to timeframes and physical accessibility of polling stations, which progressively prevent citizens to cast their vote at these places. Interest in e-voting exists in various quarters: government, parliaments, electorate, academia and industry-with each having sometimes conflicting interests. They can differ with respect, e.g., to speed, individual leadership, safety, user friendliness, etc.

Electronic Voting System: Nature, Origin and Its Global Application

This article presents a comprehensive overview of electronic voting systems, their historical evolution, and categorization into four types: punch card, optical scanning, direct recording electronic (DRE), and remote Internet voting. It highlights the significance of an efficient e-voting system that upholds essential characteristics such as transparency, cyber-security, accuracy, speed, privacy, accessibility, objectivity, costeffectiveness, and sustainability in the context of elections. The article asserts that e-voting is a fundamental and contemporary process in democratic societies that has revolutionized the traditional voting mechanism. Furthermore, it underscores the advantages of e-voting, including saving time, cost, and effort and increasing access to remote areas. The article emphasizes the crucial importance of ensuring transparency, accuracy, and security in electronic voting systems to maintain trust and integrity in the electoral process.

Information and Knowledge Management A Review of the Underlying Concepts of Electronic Voting

OFFICIAL VOTING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING: E-VOTE

This paper describes the Official voting system by electronic ballot: E-Vote, which aims to streamline primary electoral processes performed in the country, beginning with the District Federal benefits and improvements. The principal benefices are economic and ecological time, taking into account process security features and the integrity of the captured votes. This system represents an alternative to the currently devices and systems implemented in countries like Venezuela, Brazil and the United States, as well formalized as a prototype able to compete with others developed by the Institute Federal Electoral District (IEDF).

The application of internet in electoral procedures: a theoretical perspective. The case of e-voting

From the 1970s, the world has been undergoing the so-called “digital revolution” generally understood as the change from the me chanical and electronic technologies to the high tech, digital ones. The role of ICT has so gained in importance that some theoreticians of democracy speak of the necessity of paradigm changing as regards both the understanding of a democratic system and introdu-cing the notion of electronic democracy (e-democracy). The aim of this text is analyzing the electronic voting (e-voting) as one of important forms of electronic democracy. The article attempts at approaching several research questions. First, what is the impact of ICT on voting procedures? Secondly, what is the essence of electronic voting and what are its main features? Finally, what are the advantages and fears related to e-voting systems? This paper gives a theoretical overview of the electronic democracy and electronic voting, and demonstrates their essence, characteristics, goals. The author tries to present and critically assess the main drawbacks and problems of the existing e-voting systems. The theoretical considerations framework is based mainly on the concept of electronic democracy created by Martin Hagen. With reference to electronic voting, the author of this article uses definitions as given either by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, or the Competence Center for Electronic Voting and Participation. She also uses definitions constructed by Andrzej Kaczmarczyk, an e-voting expert.

E-VOTING SYSTEMS: A TOOL FOR E-DEMOCRACY E-VOTING SYSTEMS: A TOOL FOR E-DEMOCRACY

Using electronic voting systems is divisive as some countries used such systems and others did not. Electronic voting (e-voting) is relatively a new concept based on its application that aims at reducing errors and improving the convenience and integrity of election process. This paper tried to explore the factors that influence the adoption of such systems in a university environment. The study utilized a sample of 302 bachelor degree students in a public Jordanian university and in relation to students' council election process. Results indicated that students were keen on the concepts of trust and usefulness of e-voting when adopting such systems. The study supported the findings of TAM in the area of technology acceptance. Conclusions are at the end of this paper.

On the Development of Electronic Voting: A Survey

International Journal of Computer Applications, 2013

Voting is a fundamental decision making instrument in any consensus-based society and democracy depends on the proper administration of popular elections. In any election, there exists a set of requirements among which voters should receive assurance that their intent was correctly captured and that all eligible votes were correctly tallied. On the other hand, the election system as a whole should ensure that voter coercion is unlikely. These conflicting requirements present a significant challenge: how can voters receive enough assurance to trust the election result, but not so much that they can prove to a potential coercer how they voted.

Electronic Voting Systems – From Theory to Implementation

Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2014

Electronic voting for local, regional and national elections and referenda is developing rapidly at a global scale as an efficient and low cost alternative to conventional methods of voting, with a positive impact on the quality of democratic representation. Still, despite the growing international experience, the harmonization of electronic voting systems with the legal and statutory frameworks poses a number of major legal, social and implementation challenges, subject to the national environment. This paper presents an overview of legal and social aspects of an electronic voting system focusing on the case of Greece.

ELECTRONIC VOTING: DEVELOPMENTS, TRENDS, CHALLENGES

This paper hopefully contributes to the discussion on what kind of electronic voting systems utilizing Internet technology we should be aiming at and what characteristics these systems should have. It provides an overview of the major constitutional and legal aspects of e-voting, together with their technical implications. It also discusses the security requirements and the system-wide properties that the voting protocol of an electronic voting system is expected to fulfill. An overview of families of existing voting protocols, together with a brief analysis of their characteristics, is provided. The aim is to investigate and discuss the extent to which current voting protocols comply with the identified requirements.

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