E-Voting.CC (Competence Center for Electronic Voting & Participation)

EVOTE2010 - first day

manuel.kripp — 2010-07-22T14:17:00Z

So the first day of this year's EVOTE2010 conference, the 4th International Conference on Electronic Voting in Bregenz is over and the official paper presentations and discussions started.

Yesterday evening the pre-conference program started with the POLYAS Welcome Cocktail at which our participants immediately started networking and exchanging ideas as well discussed recent trends. The opening speech of Kai Reinhard, CEO of Micromata, was the shortest opening speech of a sponsor I experienced at a conference so far.

Before the evening event, the Council of Europe invited to a small workshop on e-enabled elections, transparency and certification of such elections.
There, several experts discussed the drafts of guidelines for a general overview, transparency issues and certification of e-enabled elections.

Pictures and impressions are available on facebook and later here on our website.

Thank you very much to our EVOTE2010 supporters

manuel.kripp — 2010-07-21T09:55:00Z

As the conference starts in a few hours, we would like to take the opportunity to thank our co-organizers, partners and sponsors.
They deserve the credit for providing us the sufficient means to make this event happen and organize the worlds most interesting and diverse conference on Electronic Voting.

EVOTE2010 conference about to start

manuel.kripp — 2010-07-21T09:16:00Z

It is Wednesday noon, July 21st, and we are ready to start with the 4th International E-Voting Conference. The preparation activities are nearly finished and we are ready to welcome our guest.

The first guests already arrived and get themselves acquainted with the wonderful situated conference location.

This year's conference is again co-organized by E-Voting.CC, the Council of Europe and the German Gesellschaft für Informatik. Around 70 international experts will discuss the latest trends and developments in Electronic Voting. The topics are ranging from practical experience reports from Austria and the US to the certification and End-to-End verification.

We are very happy to welcome the Chair of the U.S. Election Administration Commission, Donetta Davidson, as keynote speaker and are looking forward to fruitful discussion.

If you want to follow us, you find us on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. The tag for all conference related posting is #EVOTE2010.

Presseinformationen: PK EVOTE2010 vom 12. Juli; 9:30 Cafe Landtmann

e-voting.cc — 2010-07-12T07:30:00Z

Hier finden sie Presseinformationen, Fotos und das vorläufige Konferenzprogramm.

Sollten Sie noch Fragen haben, wenden Sie sich bitte an:
Mag. Daniel Botz
Mobil: +43 699 110 43 448
Email: d.botz@e-voting.cc

Materialien

Presseinformation-EVOTE2010 (pdf, 52 KB)

EVOTE-2010-Preliminary-Programme-Folder (pdf, 736 KB)

PK-EInladung (pdf, 30 KB)

Praesentation (pdf, 805 KB)

Fotos der E-Voting Konferenz 2008

PK Fotos

Fotos der PK-Sprecher
Mag. Manuel Kripp

29, geboren in München, Deutschland
studierte Politikwissenschaften an der Ludwig-Maximilians Universität zu München
Seit 2007 Mitstreiter bei E-Voting.CC, u.a. Chefredakteur Modern Democracy Magazin, Mitverfasser der 33 E-Democracy-Tools als Annex zur E-Democracy Europaratsempfehlung 2009. Autor zahlreicher Publikationen und Forschungsanträge zum Thema.

Mag. Robert Krimmer

32, geboren in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg
studierte Betriebswirtschaft an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien und der New York University
Gründete 2006 E-Voting.CC, Wahlbeobachtungserfahrung in Venezuela, USA, Russland, Estland, und Schweiz. Autor von 50+ Publikationen zum Thema E-Voting, Sprecher bei zahlreichen internationalen Konferenzen

EVOTE2010 conference registration online!

e-voting.cc — 2010-06-15T12:00:00Z

The online registration process for EVOTE2010 - the fourth International Conference on Electronic Voting - is now online. The conference will take place from 21st to 24th of July 2010 in Bregenz, Austria.

Before booking via the link below, please read these remarks to ensure a frictionless process and a binding registration:

Please use the navigation on the website only!! Using the browser buttons (back/forward) will lead to a faulty registration

The registration consists of three steps: First your personal data, second the payment and third the confirmation.

In step one Please enter your personal information and select the social activities from the list as requested

In step two you are asked to pay via money transfer or via credit card

Step three is a confirmation of your registration. The invoice will be sent via post and email. Please note the necessary check box for our declaration of consent regarding video and photos.

Please book your hotel via:
service@convention.cc using the wording "EVOTE2010" in the subject line!
In urgent cases you can contact Mrs. Lisa Hehle:
+43/(0)5574/43443-23

We provide a daily bus shuttle to and from the conference venue for your convenience. You can book flights individually or use our reduces flight fares.

If you want to book for a second person, please finish the first booking procedure and click on the link below to re-start the process.

Please register for EVOTE2010 here!

For our special flight fare in cooperation with our official carrier Austrian Airlines, please see this entry.

You can download our preliminary programme folder: EVOTE-2010-Preliminary-Programme-Folder (pdf, 736 KB)

Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at
2010@e-voting.cc.

We are looking forward to another great conference in Castle Hofen next to Lake Constance!

Daniel Botz - Conference Manager EVOTE2010

EVOTE2010 - How to get there?!

e-voting.cc — 2010-06-15T11:14:00Z

As the EVOTE2010 conference is to begin on Wednesday 21st of June, we herewith provide you with the directions to Castle Hofen.

By Car
The address for gps-navigation is:
Schloss Hofen, Hoferstrasse 26,
6911 Lochau, Austria

From Austria/Switzerland:
Take the highway A14 through the Pfändertunnel and exit at Lochau-Hörbranz. Take a left into Lochau.
After 700 meters turn left again at the OMV gas station. You will arrive at Castle Hofen on your right after 550 meters.

From Germany:
Take highway E43 and exit after the former customs office Hörbranz Zollamt. From there, proceed as described above after the exit at Lochau-Hörbranz.

By Public Transportation
Take the train to Bregenz and then take a taxi. Please do not go to Lochau by bus as there are no taxis available in Lochau.

By Plane
While Bregenz does not have an airport, there are international airports nearby: Friedrichshafen (FDH) in Germany, Zurich Airport (ZRH) in Switzerland, and Airport Altenrhein (ACH) also in Switzerland. Altenrhein is connected to Vienna by Austrian/StarAlliance. Use the free Austrian Airlines bus to the Bregenz train station, then take a taxi.

Austrian Airlines offers 15% off all fares!
Visit our website for more details.

Preliminary Programme for EVOTE2010

robert.krimmer — 2010-06-06T22:10:00Z

Here it is - our preliminary programme folder for the EVOTE2010 conference! To download the folder, klick the image on the right.

For your conference registration book via: http://www.e-voting.cc/stories/6316135/

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Wednesday, 21st of July 2010
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Pre-Conference Programme
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14:00 Invited Seminar, hosted by the Council of Europe:
Implementing e-enabled elections: the key steps

18:00 Polyas Welcome Cocktail in Castle Hofen
Conference registration at the reception desk

Thursday, 22nd July 2010
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Official Conference Programme
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07:30-08:50 Conference registration at the reception desk of Castle Hofen

09:00 Welcome Notes
by Michael Remmert, Robert Krimmer

09:20 Keynote
By Donetta Davidson,
Chair U.S. Election Assistance Commission

10:00 Coffee Break

Session 1: Recent Developments in E-Voting
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10:30 Voting Technology and the Election Experience:
The 2009 Gubernatorial Races in New Jersey and Virginia
Charles Stewart, R. Michael Alvarez, Thad Hall

11:10 The Use of E-Voting in the Federation of Students Elections 2009
Robert Krimmer, Andreas Ehringfeld, Markus Traxl

11:50 Scantegrity Mock Election at Takoma Park
Alan Sherman, Richard Carback, David Chaum, Jeremy Clark,
John Conway, Aleksander Essex, Paul Herrnson, Travis
Mayberry, Stefan Popoveniuc, Ronald Rivest, Emily Shen,
Bimal Sinha, Poorvi Vora

12:30 Lunch

Session 2: Sociocultural Issues of E-Voting
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14:00 The Role of Trust, Participation and Identity
in the Propensity to E- & I-Vote
Letizia Caporusso

14:40 The Virtual Polling Station? Transferring
the Sociocultural Effect of Pollsite
Elections to Remote Internet Voting
Philipp Richter

15:20 Coffee Break

Session 3: Certification and Evaluation of E-Voting Systems
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15:40 A Formal IT-Security Model for the Correction
and Abort Requirement on Electronic Voting
Rüdiger Grimm, Katharina Hupf, Melanie Volkamer

16:20 Compliance of POLYAS with the Common Criteria
Protection Profile
Niels Menke, Kai Reinhard

17:00 Trends in the Development of E-Voting Systems
Komminist Weldemariam, Adolfo Villafiorita

18:00 International Program Committee Meeting
(for IPC members)

19:00 Bus shuttle to Bregenz from Castle Hofen

19:30 Reception in Downtown Bregenz
hosted by the Regional Government of Vorarlberg

Friday, 23rd July 2010
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Session 4: Operation and Evaluation of E-Voting Systems
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09:00 An Evaluation and Certification Approach to Enable Voting Service Providers
Axel Schmidt, Melanie Volkamer, Johannes Buchmann

09:40 Operational Issues of a High Security Computation Centre
Carl-Markus Piswanger

10:20 Coffee Break

Session 5: End to End Verfifiability and Protocol Improvements
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10:40 Verifiability in Electronic Voting? Explanations for
non security experts
Rojan Gharadaghy, Melanie Volkamer

11:20 Verification Systems for Electronic Voting: A Survey
Jordi Pujol-Ahulló, Roger Jardí-Cedó, Jordi Castellà-Roca

12:00 Sigma Ballots
Stefan Popoveniuc, Andrew Regenscheid

12:40 Lunch

Session 6: E-Voting Experiences
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14:00 Electronic Elections in a Politicized Polity
Thad Hall, Leontine Loeber

14:40 Double-Entry Accounting Provides Software-Independent Algorithm
for Confirming the Integrity of Automated Election Tallies
Roberto Verzola

15:20 Analysis of the Recommendation Rec2004(11) based on Experiences
of Attacks against the first legally binding E-Voting
in Austria
Andreas Ehringfeld, Robert Krimmer, Markus Traxl

16:00 Coffee Break

16:30 Council of Europe Plenary Discussion

18:30 Best Paper Award Ceremony

19:00 Conference Dinner Käsestrasse in Castle Hofen,
a Regional Specialty

Saturday, 24th July 2010
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Session 7: Discussion of E-Voting Protocols
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09:30 Universally Verifiable Efficient Re-Encryption Mixnet
Jordi Puiggali, Sandra Guasch

10:10 Why Public Registration Boards are Required in E-Voting Systems Based on Threshold Blind Signature Protocols
Reto Koenig, Eric Dubuis

10:40 Coffee Break

Session 8: Theoretical and Practical Implications of E-Voting
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11:00 Coercion-Resistant Hybrid Voting Systems
Oliver Spycher, Rolf Haenni

11:40 E-voting in Japan: A developing case?
Masahiro Iwasaki

12:20 Closing Remarks

12:30 Outlook

12:45 Lunch

Post Conference Program
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(not included in the conference fee)

15:00 Bregenz City Guided Tour

17:00 Bregenz Festival Guided Tour onto the Floating Stage

18:30 Festival Dinner nearby the Bregenz Floating Stage

21:00 Bregenz Opera AIDA on the Floating Stage

Special flight fares by Austrian Airlines

e-voting.cc — 2010-06-06T11:33:00Z

Book your flights to the EVOTE2010 online at www.austrian.com and save 15 % on all applicable fares!

To do so, simply enter the following code in the eVoucher / "Gutschein" field on the Austrian homepage booking-engine: EVOTE2010

Conditions:

Booking period: now until July 24 th, 2010
Valid for flights to Altenrhein/and via Vienna and return as of July
7th, 2010 until August 7th, 2010 (final date for return flight) on OS flight numbers.

Modern Democracy 2010 No. 1 is available

manuel.kripp — 2010-05-04T13:52:00Z

The first issue of our Modern Democracy Magazine in 2010 is out. We are very happy to invite you to reading interesting articles about E-Democracy in Developing Countries, an insight report on the Norwegian E-Voting Pilot taking place in 2011, a guest contribution from IFES on challenges and opportunities for technologies in elections in the Philippines and finally we would like to steer your attention to our Pocket Guide for the EVOTE 2010 in July in Bregenz.
Apart from that we have a short report on new videos covering electronic democracy and an updated version of our conference schedule.

This issue of the Modern Democracy Magazine marks the beginning of an interesting year regarding the development of Modern Democracy. In Summer, experts from academia, government and business will gather to discuss the latest developments and trends as well as challenges of the Modern Democracy in Bregenz @EVOTE2010.

If you have any comments, feedback or would like to contribute to our next Modern Democracy Magazine let us know before September 1st @ modern-democracy@e-voting.cc and follow us on twitter: twitter.com/MoDemCC
Get your free Modern Democracy Magazine here (PDF-Download).

Evaluation Report on First Austrian E-Voting Use

robert.krimmer — 2010-04-02T16:00:00Z

This evaluation report gives an overview of the first use of e-voting in a legally binding election in Austria. It is available in German, however a short summary in English is given below.

Download also from www.oeh-wahl.gv.at

The use of e-voting for the elections to the Austrian Federation of students (Hochschülerinnen und Hochschülerschaftswahlen) was one of the most sophisticated e government projects in 2009. It was the task to complement the paper based voting with an electronic voting channel in order to create new opportunities to vote. Together with the implementation of e-voting the legal basis was adapted to include an electronic election administration.

This first of a kind implementation of e-voting in Austria was technically successful. Almost 1% (2.161) of the eligible students cast their votes electronically between 18th and 22nd of May 2009. For identification and authentication, they used the citizen card (the Austrian model of a smart card with digital signature) and a suitable smartcard-reader device, which was handed out for free. The anonymity was performed by using a cryptographic protocol in the post-electoral phase, similar to a paper based postal voting procedure. The e-voting servers were placed in two data centers of the Federal Computing Centre (Bundesrechenzentrum) to allow for fail-safe operation.

The use of the citizen card was appropriate because of its associated high safety and powerful legal standing. However the penetration of the citizen card is rather low at present. Therefore, the federal ministry of science and research started the initiative studi.gv.at with the purpose to raise awareness and penetration of the citizen card amongst students. While over 14.000 students made use of this opportunity, only a small portion of them used e-voting. Main reason to this is the general limited number of applications aimed at students which make use of this card. The general acceptance and with it the penetration numbers for this smart card will only be reached when a wide range and a large number of additional services are provided with appropriate functionality, especially for students.

The discussion around e-voting was rather controversial with clear pro and contra positions. On the one side the federal ministry of science and research and on the other side selected representatives of the federation of students. The discussion dominated the electoral campaigns and hurt the institution of the elections.

For future uses of e-voting in Austria the penetration of identification and authentication means has to be raised as well as a more positive atmosphere amongst the stakeholders has to be reached.

Extended deadline for submission: 26th of February 2010!

e-voting.cc — 2010-02-16T12:56:00Z

Time is flying and the Deadline for Submission for the 4th EVOTE 2010 is approaching. The extended deadline is today, on February, 26th 2010! Should you have a paper, which you still would like to submit, please contact us via email!

The full papers should be between 3500-4500 words excl. abstract, figures and references. Submit the papers anonymously not allowing any reference to the author(s). We rely on a double blind review process to select the papers for presentation and release in the conference proceedings.

Papers need to be submitted electronically using the following word template:

It is explained in detail in the guidelines here.

The submission system itself will be available in the next days and ensure our high quality standards and processing speed.

Should you have any questions, please contact us via: 2010@e-voting.cc.

We are looking forward to your submissions!

Daniel Botz
Conference Manager EVOTE2010

Deadline extension

e-voting.cc — 2010-02-10T07:00:00Z

In response to the large number of requests from the community, the organizing committee of the 4th Electronic Voting Conference EVOTE2010 decided to extend the deadline for submission of papers by two weeks from Friday February 12 to Friday February 26, 2010.

Map of Electronic Voting 2010 is online

manuel.kripp — 2010-02-09T15:06:00Z

The second issue of the Modern Democracy Magazine featured a special map of electronic voting in the center. This map is now available for download.

This map provides a global overview of the use of electronic democracy. The countries are clustered according to the status and quality of usage:
- no E-voting
- Planning E-Voting, trials or non-legally binding elections have already been in place
- Successful legally binding electronic voting with voting machines
- Successful legally binding Internet voting
- Successful legally binding internet and electronic voting with voting machines
- Countries that stopped electronic voting with voting machines.

You can download the map here.
If you use the map, we kindly ask you to cite it as followed:
E-Voting.CC (Competence Center for Electronic Voting and Participation) (2009): Map of Electronic Democracy. In: Modern Democracy (2)/1. pp.8-9. URL: http://www.e-voting.cc/files/e-voting-map-2010

EVOTE2010 open for submissions

robert.krimmer — 2010-01-28T14:08:00Z

Today we opened the EVOTE2010 submission system!

We are using easychair to administer the submission and review process. In case you do not have an account, please click first here, otherwise you can go directly to

http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=evote2010

to submit your paper!

We are looking forward to your submission and a wonderful EVOTE2010, taking place from 21st to 24th of July 2010!

The Modern Democracy Magazine No. 2 is available

manuel.kripp — 2010-01-27T13:31:00Z

We are very happy to be able to present you the new issue of Modern Democracy, some of you already found it in their mailbox. This second magazine is an important cornerstone for electronic democracy in general and the Competence Center, in specific.

In May 2009, and for the first time in any Austrian Election, voters in the Austrian Federation of Students election were able to cast their votes via the Internet and in October 2009, Estonians could vote via Internet for their local parliaments. It was the fifth election with an electronic voting channel in Estonia and established with more than 100.000 E-Voters a new international remarkable benchmark. This clearly indicates the path of Modern Democracy and we invite to join us in discussing, analyzing and developing the future of democracy in this issue of Modern Democracy.

The Modern Democracy Magazine launched at the beginning of 2009 and the first issue was an overwhelming success; we are very pleased with your response and are proud that we now have 2,000 subscribers worldwide with membership growing all the time.
The current issue provides you with a deeper look into Election Observation of Modern Democracy, you can read an on-site experience report about the development and implementation of the German voting navigator and much more.
We hope you enjoy reading this issue of Modern Democracy and we are looking forward to your feedback, comments and suggestion at modern-democracy@e-voting.cc.
Also if you have any question or would like to contribute to the next issue on E-Democracy in developing countries with an article or short news please dont hesitate to contact me by e-mail or phone.

Get your free magazine here.