A methodology for auditing e-voting processes and systems used at the elections for the portuguese parliament

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2006

Authors

e cunha, jf (Author) FEUP; leitao, mj (Author) Other; faria, jp (Author) FEUP; monteiro, mp (Author) Other; carravilla, ma (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Electronic Voting 2006 - 2nd International Workshop

Pages: 145-154

Electronic Voting 2006: 2nd International Workshop, Co-organized by Council of Europe, ESF TED, IFIP WG 8.6 and E-Voting.CC, August, 2nd - 4th, 2006 in Castle Hofen, Bregenz, Austria.

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CORDIS: Technological sciences > Technology > Information technology > E-governement

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Authenticus ID: P-008-7MJ

Abstract (EN): In the 2005 Portuguese Parliament General Elections there were non-valid experiments of e-voting at five voting places and also through the Internet. Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto audited such experiments. Relevant security, transparency, usability and accessibility evaluation criteria and sub-criteria were defined, and an auditing procedure based on AHP was established. This paper shortly presents the methodology used, the four e-voting systems and the main results of the overall experiment. The systems could be used successfully and were extremely popular with voters. However, more information to the citizens and to the officials involved in the e-voting process would be required for a valid election. The systems also need to be improved, for instance, to make sure that the number of votes electronically cast is the same as the number of voters that were validated and actually registered to vote at any particular site on the Election Day.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10