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Election Tests at WU Parallel to the Presidential Election 2004 Alexander Prosser

Election Tests at WU Parallel to the Presidential Election 2004 Alexander Prosser. Security Issues:. Voter identification AND anonymity Election fraud, particularly by administrators Fraud / sabotage by viruses / Trojans etc. E-Voting:. Voting machines or Internet voting (postal voting).

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Election Tests at WU Parallel to the Presidential Election 2004 Alexander Prosser

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  1. Election Tests at WUParallel to the Presidential Election 2004 Alexander Prosser

  2. Security Issues: • Voter identification AND anonymity • Election fraud, particularly by administrators • Fraud / sabotage by viruses / Trojans etc.

  3. E-Voting: • Voting machinesor • Internet voting (postal voting)

  4. Internet Voting: • Anonymity=> can be corrupted, if identification and voting take place in one step => Two-phase protocol=> Cryptographic security

  5. Identification: Voter (1) Register[identified] (2) Ballot box[anonymous]

  6. Voting: Voter (1) Register[identified] (2) Ballot box[anonymous]

  7. Internet Voting: • Administration fraud=> Manipulation of votes=> Insertion of votes=> Deletion of votes=> Independent certification authority=> Coding of ballots that can only be opened by election committee

  8. Vote Casting: Voter cod(BS) (1) Register[identified] (2) Ballot box[anonymous] cod

  9. Counting: Election committee:cod‘ (2) Ballot box[anonymous] cod cod(BS) cod(BS) cod(BS) ... cod‘(cod(BS)) = BS cod‘(cod(BS)) = BS cod‘(cod(BS)) = BS ...

  10. Internet Voting: • Viruses / Trojans=> Sabotage=> Corruption of anonymity => Decisive parts of protocol on smart card=> Signed programme delivered to the voter

  11. Election Test WU 2004: • Electronic voting token22.3. - 22.4. 2004 0:00 – 12:00 pm • Vote casting23.4. 0:00 - 25.4. 5:00 pm • 1786 voting tokens => 961 votes cast

  12. Application: • Legal basis (postal voting) • Infrastructure (voter) • Value-added (eg., low participation rate)

  13. Contact: Institute Information Processing and Information Economics,Prof. Alexander ProsserNordbergstrasse 15, A-1090 ViennaT +43 (1) 31336 / 5615M e-Voting@wu-wien.ac.atW http://www.e-voting.at

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