A Practical Voter-Verifiable Election Scheme.

Abstract

Abstract. We present an election scheme designed to allow voters to verify that their vote is accurately included in the tabulation. The scheme provides a high degree of transparency whilst ensuring the secrecy of votes. Assurance is derived from close auditing of all the steps of the vote recording and counting process with minimal dependence on the system components. Thus, assurance arises from verification of the elec-tion rather than having to place trust in the correct behaviour of com-ponents of the voting system. The Scheme also seeks to make the voter interface as familiar as possible. 1