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Proceedings: Electronic Voting 2008

e-voting.cc — 2009-08-06T09:34:00Z

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

krimmer_grimm_overview_15-17

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

katz_alvarez_calvo_escolar_pomares_assesing-the-impact_47-62

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

morales-rocha_puiggali_soriano_secure-remote-voter-registration_95-108

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)

Proceedings: Electronic Voting 2006

robert.krimmer — 2007-08-20T06:00:00Z

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

krimmer_overview_9-12

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

gomez_spain_39-49

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

rodrigues_e-voting_in_brazil_p85_94

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

jukic_vintar_slovenia_237-248

New Image Folder

robert.krimmer — 2007-05-15T14:35:00Z

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!

Working Paper Series

robert.krimmer — 2007-01-18T22:47:00Z

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

Proceedings: Electronic Voting in Europe 2004

robert.krimmer — 2005-12-14T19:09:00Z

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 Users 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.