The 2008 conference on Electronic Voting took place in Castle Hofen near Bregenz at the wonderful Lake Constance from 7th to 9th of August.
This year's proceedings contain the seventeen papers selected for the presentation at the conference out of more than forty submissions. To assure scientific quality, the selection was based on a strict and anonymous review process. The papers cover the following subjects: e-voting experiences, social, legal, political, democratic and security issues of e-voting, as well as solutions on how to (re)design election workflows, and finally how to implement and observe electronic voting systems.

You can order the proceedings in print for EUR 19,70 (+shipping & handling) by sending an e-mail to office@e-voting.cc.

For citation and download purposes please use:

Krimmer, R., Grimm, R. (Eds.): Electronic Voting 2008, GI Lecture Notes in Informatics, P-131, Bonn, 2008.
krimmer_grimm_electronic_voting_2008 (pdf, 1,911 KB)


Here is the content of the book:

Content

Overview
Robert Krimmer, Ruediger Grimm pp. 15-17
krimmer_grimm_overview_15-17 (pdf, 158 KB)

Session 1: E-Voting Experiences
• E-voting in the Netherlands; from General Acceptance to General Doubt in Two Years
  Leontine Loeber p. 21-30
  loeber_e-voting-in-the-netherlands_21-30 (pdf, 196 KB)
• Improving The Transparency of Remote E-Voting: The Estonian Experience
  Epp Maaten, Thad Hall p. 31-43
  maaten_hall_improving-transparency_31-43 (pdf, 235 KB)

Session 2: Empirical Findings of E-Voting
• Assessing the Impact of E-Voting Technologies on Electoral Outcomes: an Analysis of Buenos Aires' 2005 Congressional Election
Gabriel Katz, R. Michael Alvarez, Ernesto Calvo, Marcelo Escolar, Julia Pomares p. 47-62
katz_alvarez_calvo_escolar_pomares_assesing-the-impact_47-62 (pdf, 310 KB)
• Assessing Internet Voting as an Early Voting Reform in the United States
  Alicia Kolar Prevost p. 63-80
  prevost_assessing-internet-voting_63-80 (pdf, 532 KB)

Session 3: Legal and Democratic Issues of E-Voting
• A Methodology for Assessing Procedural Security: A Case Study in E-Voting
  Komminist Weldemariam, Adolfo Villafiorita p. 83-94
  weldemariam_villafiorita_methodology-for-assessing_83-94 (pdf, 398 KB)
• Secure Remote Voter Registration
Victor Morales-Rocha, Jordi Puiggalí, Miguel Soriano p. 95-108
morales-rocha_puiggali_soriano_secure-remote-voter-registration_95-108 (pdf, 345 KB)

• Long-term Retention in E-Voting - Legal Requirements and Technical Implementation
  Rotraud Gitter, Lucie Langer, Susanne Okunick, Zoi Opitz-Talidou p. 109-123
  gitter_langer_okunick_opitz-talidou_long-term-retention_109-123 (pdf, 291 KB)

Session 4: Comparison of E-Voting
• The E-Voting Readiness Index
  Robert Krimmer, Ronald Schuster p. 127-136
  krimmer_schuster_e-voting-readiness-index_127-136 (pdf, 361 KB)
• Malfunction or Misfit: Comparing Requirements, Inputs and Public Confidence Outcomes of E-Voting in the U.S. and Europe
  E. John Sebes, Gregory A. Miller p. 137-150
  sebes_miller_malfunction-or-misfit_137-150 (pdf, 270 KB)

Session 5: Verification of E-Voting
• Simple and Secure Voting with Pret à Voter
  David Lundin p. 153-168
  lundin_pret-a-voter_153-168 (pdf, 262 KB)
• Improving the Farnel Voting Scheme
  Roberto Araújo, Peter Y. A. Ryan p. 169-182
  araujo_ryan_improving-farnel_169-182 (pdf, 348 KB)

Session 6: Certification of E-Voting
• Development of a Formal IT Security Model for Remote Electronic Voting Systems
  Rüdiger Grimm, Melanie Volkamer p. 185-196
  grimm_volkamer_it-security-model_185-196 (pdf, 349 KB)
• The Certification of E-Voting Mechanisms. Fighting against Opacity
  Jordi Barrat i Esteve p. 197-206
  barrat-i-esteve__certification-of-e-voting_197-206 (pdf, 238 KB)

Session 7: Technological Issues of E-Voting
• Code Voting With Linkable Group Signatures
  Jörg Helbach, Jörg Schwenk, Sven Schäge p. 209-221
  helbach_schwenk_schaege_code-voting-with-linkable-signatures_209_221 (pdf, 297 KB)
• CAPTCHA-based Code Voting
  Rolf Oppliger, Jörg Schwenk, Christoph Löhr p. 223-236
  oppliger_schwenk_loehr_captcha-based-code-voting_223-236 (pdf, 316 KB)

Session 8: Political Issues of E-Voting
• E-Voting in Brazil - Reinforcing Institutions While Diminishing Citizenship
  José Rodrigues Filho p. 239-248
  filho_e-voting-in-brazil_239-248 (pdf, 203 KB)
• The Voting Processes in Digital Participative Budget: A Case Study
  Gleison Pereira de Souza, Cristiano Maciel p. 249-262
  pereira-de-souza_maciel_processes-in-digital-participative-budget_249-262 (pdf, 439 KB)

The 2006 conference on Electronic Voting took place in Castle Hofen near Bregenz at the wonderful Lake Constance from 2nd to 4th of August.
This year's proceedings contain the twenty papers selected for the presentation at the conference out of more than forty submissions. To assure scientific quality, the selection was based on a strict and anonymous review process. The papers cover the following subjects: e-voting experiences, social, legal, political, democratic and security issues of e-voting, as well as solutions on how to (re)design election workflows, and finally how to implement and observe electronic voting systems.

You can order the proceedings in print for EUR 19,70 (+shipping & handling) by sending an e-mail to office@e-voting.cc.

For citation and download purposes please use:

Krimmer, R. (Ed.): Electronic Voting 2006, GI Lecture Notes in Informatics, P-86, Bonn, 2006.
krimmer_electronic_voting_2006 (pdf, 1,910 KB)


Here is the content of the book:

Content

Overview
Robert Krimmer pp. 9-12
krimmer_overview_9-12 (pdf, 209 KB)

Session 1: E-Voting Experiences
• E-voting in Estonia 2005. The first practice of country-wide binding Internet voting in the world
  Ülle Madise, Tarvi Martens p. 15-26
  madise_martens_estonia2005_13-26 (pdf, 309 KB)
• Swiss E-Voting Pilot Projects: Evaluation, Situation Analysis and How to Proceed
  Nadja Braun, Daniel Brändli p. 27-36
  braun_braendli_swiss_e-voting_27-36 (pdf, 294 KB)

Session 2: Social, Technical, and Political Issues of E-Voting
• Contributions to traditional electronic voting systems in order to reinforce citizen confidence
Ana Gómez, Sergio Sánchez Garcia, Emilia Pérez Belleboni p. 39-49
gomez_spain_39-49 (pdf, 344 KB)
• A preliminary question: Is e-voting actually useful for our democratic institutions? What do we need it for?
  Jordi Barrat Esteve p. 51-60
  barrat_a_preliminary_question_51-60 (pdf, 249 KB)
• How e-voting technology challenges traditional concepts of citizenship: an analysis of French voting rituals
  Laurence Monnoyer-Smith p. 61-68
  monnoyer-smith_challenge_citizenship_61-68 (pdf, 173 KB)

Session 3: Legal and Democratic Issues of E-Voting
• The electoral legislation of the Basque autonomous community regarding electronic vote
  Rosa M. Fernández, Esther González, José Manuel Vera p. 71-83
  fernandez_basque_e-voting_71-83 (pdf, 289 KB)
• E-Voting in Brazil - The Risks to Democracy
José Rodrigues-Filho, Cynthia J. Alexander, Luciano C. Batista p. 85-94
rodrigues_e-voting_in_brazil_p85_94 (pdf, 138 KB)

Session 4: Analyzing Solutions for the Uncontrolled Environment
• Multiple Casts in Online Voting: Analyzing Chances
  Melanie Volkamer, Rüdiger Grimm p. 97-106
  Volkamer_Grimm_Multiple_Casts_97_106 (pdf, 284 KB)
• How to create trust in electronic voting over an untrusted platform
  Gerhard Skagestein, Are Vegard Haug, Einar Nødtvedt, Judith Rossebø p. 107-116
  Skagestein_create_trust_e-voting_107-116 (pdf, 424 KB)

Session 5: Redesigning Workflows for Electronic Voting
• A generic re-engineering methodology for the organized redesign of the electoral process to an e-electoral process
  Alexandros Xenakis, Ann Macintosh p. 119-130
  Xenakis_Macintosh_BPR_in_E-Voting_119-130 (pdf, 262 KB)
• Election Workflow Automation - Canadian Experiences
  Goran Obradovic, James Hoover, Nick Ikonomakism, John Poulos p. 131-141
  obradovic_canada_131-141 (pdf, 738 KB)

Session 6: Observing E-Voting
• A Methodology for Auditing e-Voting Processes and Systems used at the Elections for the Portuguese Parliament
  João Falcão e Cunha, Mário Jorge Leitão, João Pascoal Faria, Miguel Pimenta Monteiro, Maria Antónia Carravilla p. 145-154
  falcao_leitao_portugal_145-154 (pdf, 326 KB)
• Voting in Uncontrolled Environment and the Secrecy of the Vote
  Kåre Vollan p. 155-169
  vollan_secrecy_vote_156-169 (pdf, 271 KB)
• Coercion-Resistant Electronic Elections with Observer
  Jörn Schweisgut p. 171-177
  schweisgut_coercion-resistant_171-177 (pdf, 128 KB)

Session 7: Implementing E-Voting
• Maintaining Democratic Values in e-Voting with eVACS
  Carol Boughton p. 181-190
  boughton_maintaining_democracy_values_181-190 (pdf, 138 KB)
• Transition to electronic voting and citizen participation
  Letizia Caporusso, Carlo Buzzi, Giolo Fele, Pierangelo Peri, Francesca Sartori p. 191-200
  caporusso_trento_191-200 (pdf, 180 KB)

Session 8: Security for E-Voting
• Security Requirements for Non-political Internet Voting
  Rüdiger Grimm, Robert Krimmer, Nils Meißner, Kai Reinhard, Melanie Volkamer, Marcel Weinand p. 203-212
  grimm_sec_requirements_203-212 (pdf, 120 KB)
• Online Voting Project – New Developments in the Voting System and Consequently Implemented Improvement in the Representation of Legal Principles
  Klaus Diehl, Sonja Weddeling p. 213-222
  diehl_online-voting-project_213-222 (pdf, 183 KB)

Session 9: Political Views and Democratic Challenges
• The Voting Challenges in e-Cognocracy
  Joan Josep Piles, José Luis Salazar, José Ruíz, José María Moreno-Jiménez p. 225-235
  Piles_Voting_in_e-Cognocracy_225-236 (pdf, 246 KB)
• E-Voting in Slovenia: The view of parliamentary deputies
Tina Jukić, Mirko Vintar p. 237-248
jukic_vintar_slovenia_237-248 (pdf, 142 KB)

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We have often got the question what is E-Voting.CC actually? So we produced an image folder that gives a quick overview how we build the knowledge on the future of voting.

Find the English edition here.

And here is the earlier German edition.

We hope you like it!

The electronic voting and participation working paper series can be found here!

The first international workshop "Electronic Voting in Europe: Technology, Law, Politics and Society" was held from 2nd to 4th of July 2004 in the beautiful Castle Hofen. Also proceedings were published which included the following contributions:

• Towards European Standards on Electronic Voting
  Michael Remmert
  remmert_p13-16 (pdf, 62 KB)
• E-Democracy in E-Austria
  Christian Rupp
  rupp_p17-20 (pdf, 85 KB)
• The Dimensions of Electronic Voting
  Alexander Prosser, Robert Krimmer
  prosser_krimmer_p21-27 (pdf, 156 KB)
• E-Voting: International Developments and Lessons Learnt
  Thomas Buchsbaum
  buchsbaum_p31-42 (pdf, 98 KB)
• E-Voting: Switzerland's Projects and their Legal Framework
  Nadja Braun
  braun_p43-52 (pdf, 97 KB)
• Remote e-Voting and Coercion: a Risk-Assessment Model and Solutions
  Bernard van Acker
  vanacker_p53-62 (pdf, 96 KB)
• E-Voting and Biometric Systems
  Sonja Hof
  hof_p63-72 (pdf, 101 KB)
• Security as Belief User’s Perceptions on the Security of E-Voting Systems
  Anne-Marie Oostveen, Peter van den Besselar
  oostveen_van-den-besselar_p73-82 (pdf, 113 KB)
• Towards Remote E-Voting: Estonian case
  Epp Maaten
  maaten_p81-90 (pdf, 89 KB)
• Experimentation on Secure Internet Voting in Spain
  Andreu Riera, Gerald Cervelló
  riera_cervello_p91-100 (pdf, 93 KB)
• Verifiability and Other Technical Requirements for Online Voting Systems
  Niels Meißner, Volker Hartmann, Dieter Richter
  meissner_hartmann_richter_p101-109 (pdf, 119 KB)
• From Legal Principles to an Internet Voting System
  Melanie Volkamer, Dieter Hutter
  volkamer_hutter_p111-120 (pdf, 111 KB)
• How Security Problems can Compromise Remote Internet Voting Systems
  Guido Schryen
  schryen_p121-131 (pdf, 144 KB)
• E-Voting and the Architecture of Virtual Space
  Anthoula Maidou, Hariton M. Polatoglou
  maidou_polatoglou_p133-142 (pdf, 143 KB)
• The UK Deployment of the E-Electoral Register
  Alexander Xenakis, Ann Macintosh
  xenakis_macintosh_p143-152 (pdf, 78 KB)
• Transparency and E-Voting: Democratic vs. commercial interests
  Margaret McGaley, Joe McCarthy
  mcgaley_mccarthy_p153-164 (pdf, 95 KB)
• E-Voting in Austria Legal requirements and First Steps
  Patricia Heindl
  heindl_p165-170 (pdf, 72 KB)
• Security Assets in E-Voting
  Alexander Prosser, Robert Kofler, Robert Krimmer, Martin Karl Unger
  prosser_kofler_krimmer_unger_p171-180 (pdf, 115 KB)

All of these contributions are available in a PDF here: Download E-Voting-in-Europe-Proceedings (pdf, 1,019 KB)


The presentations given in Bregenz are available here.