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Scantegrity II: End-to-End Verifiability by Voters of Optical Scan Elections Through Confirmation Codes
Scantegrity II: End-to-End Verifiability by Voters of Optical Scan Elections Through Confirmation Codes
- Source :
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 4:611-627
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2009.
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Abstract
- Scantegrity II is an enhancement for existing paper ballot systems. It allows voters to verify election integrity - from their selections on the ballot all the way to the final tally - by noting codes and checking for them online. Voters mark Scantegrity II ballots just as with conventional optical scan, but using a special ballot marking pen. Marking a selection with this pen makes legible an otherwise invisible preprinted confirmation code. Confirmation codes are independent and random for each potential selection on each ballot. To verify that their individual votes are recorded correctly, voters can look up their ballot serial numbers online and verify that their confirmation codes are posted correctly. The confirmation codes do not allow voters to prove how they voted. However, the confirmation codes constitute convincing evidence of error or malfeasance in the event that incorrect codes are posted online. Correctness of the final tally with respect to the published codes is proven by election officials in a manner that can be verified by any interested party. Thus, compromise of either ballot chain of custody or the software systems cannot undetectably affect election integrity. Scantegrity II has been implemented and tested in small elections in which ballots were scanned either at the polling place or centrally. Preparations for its use in a public sector election have commenced.
- Subjects :
- Computer Networks and Communications
Electronic voting
business.industry
Event (computing)
Computer science
020206 networking & telecommunications
Cryptography
02 engineering and technology
16. Peace & justice
Computer security
computer.software_genre
Ballot
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Code (cryptography)
020201 artificial intelligence & image processing
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
business
computer
Chain of custody
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15566013
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........44313d3ee75291e42a3549e66a6a3477
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tifs.2009.2034919