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New Research Results for Electronic Voting

2008-05-22 14:32:01 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
Voting systems have become controversial in the years following the multiple election disasters that occurred in the United States during and after 2000. Of particular note were the electronic voting (e-voting) systems that were widely deployed to replace the pre-scored punch-card systems, systems that had have been frequently judged to be...
 
Tags: election, election technology, punch-card systems, systems, multiple election disasters, decade ago, electronic, subject, privacy research
 
 
 
 
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Evaluating Electronic Voting Systems Equipped with Voter-Verified Paper Records

2008-05-22 14:32:01 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
Despite their widespread deployment, questions about electronic voting systems' performance emerge following many elections. To encourage full public confidence in the electoral process, some researchers recommend equipping electronic voting machines with voter-verifiable audit trails that print out paper records that voters can read and verify....
 
Tags: systems, electronic, paper records, discuss issues, analysis, issues, analysis cover, authors report, criteria
 
 
 
 
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Q&A: E-voting activist more optimistic about this year's voting systems

2008-07-03 05:29:24 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
E-voting activist Avi Rubin says voting systems around the U.S. have improved since the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, noting that more states are using paper records as a backup to electronic voting systems
 
Tags: systems, activist avi rubin, presidential elections, paper records, electronic, backup
 
 
 
 
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Voting For Transparent Communication

2008-03-28 15:03:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
Adam Shostack here. We think of the SDL as a cradle-to-grave process, where we build security into the product from conception until the end of support. One part of that process that doesn't get much attention on this blog is how we engage with vulnerability reports. We work very closely with the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) and the...
 
Tags: security, security researchers, issues, security issues helps, researchers, level, vulnerability, vulnerability reports, technical level
 
 
 
 
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Report: E-voting firms in hostile-takeover tussle

2008-04-10 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A takeover of troubled Sequoia Voting Systems by a smaller competitor would create the e-voting industry's second-largest player and shuffle the legal deck for electronic voting. But Sequoia -- or its lawyers, anyway -- won't go quietly
 
Tags: takeover, sequoia, legal deck, lawyers, quietly, player, industry, competitor, systems
 
 
 
 
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Officials: Early voting could improve e-voting

2008-11-06 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Election officials said early voting in many states may have led to fewer e-voting problems on Election Day this year
 
Tags: election day, election officials, led, fewer
 
 
 
 
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After threats, NJ clerks call for e-voting investigation

2008-03-20 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
A group representing county clerks in New Jersey has asked the state's attorney general to step in and investigate voting discrepancies observed in e-voting machines used in last month's presidential primary election
 
Tags: presidential primary election, county clerks, discrepancies, step, machines, month, attorney, jersey
 
 
 
 
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Scantegrity: End-to-End Voter-Verifiable Optical- Scan Voting

2008-05-22 14:32:01 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
Scantegrity is a security enhancement for optical scan voting systems. It's part of an emerging class of "end-to-end" independent election verification systems that permit each voter to verify that his or her ballot was correctly recorded and counted. On the Scantegrity ballot, each candidate position is paired with a random letter. Election...
 
Tags: scantegrity, scantegrity ballot, ballot, random letter, paper audit records, letter, security enhancement, position, legislative proposals
 
 
 
 
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An Optical Scan E-Voting System based on N-Version Programming

2008-05-22 14:32:02 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
This article presents Demotek, a multi-agent prototype for an electronic voting system based on optical character recognition technology. Trade-offs in voter training, ease of use, security, and coercion across various systems are considered for the purpose of recognizing achievable improvements. Based on the use of N-version programming...
 
Tags: system based, based, system, n-version, authentication system, vote data transmission, electoral process, capabilities, electronic
 
 
 
 
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Voting groups release guidelines for e-voting checks

2008-09-15 13:00:00