"Vote Early, Vote Often: Inside Norway's Pioneering Open Source E-Voting Trials
ZDNet (09/13/13) Stig Oyvann
Norway recently held its second e-voting pilot, following an initial
trial that took place during the local government elections in 2011.
In the second pilot, e-voting participation increased significantly
compared to 2011, according to the Ministry of Local Government and
Regional Development. Citizens in 12 municipalities could vote between
Aug. 12 and Sept. 6 for the Aug. 9 election. In this year's election,
28 percent of all voters in the trial municipalities voted via the
Internet, up from 16 percent in the 2011 pilot. To prove both the
trustworthiness and transparency of the pilot, the source code for
this year's e-voting system was put into the public domain, enabling
citizens to download and study it. The electronic ballot used a public
key mechanism for delivery. First, the vote was encrypted so that it
could not be tied to the voter's identity. The vote then was digitally
signed with the voter's public key, which kept it tamperproof. Each
voter was given their own unique set of random codes for the different
candidates in the election. Once a vote was cast, the code was texted
back to the voter, enabling them to compare the code sent to their
phone with the printed code on their voting card."
--From ACM TechNews:
http://technews.acm.org/archives.cfm?fo=2013-09-sep/sep-16-2013.html#678326Original article:
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