Project
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|Revisiting legal and regulatory requirements for secure e-voting |
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|Lilian MITROU1 Dimitris GRITZALIS2, Sokratis KATSIKAS1 |
|1 Dept. of Information and Communication Systems, University of the Aegean |
|Karlovassi, Samos GR-83200, Greece |
|e-mail: l.mitrou@primeminister.gr, ska@aegean.gr |
|2 Dept. of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business |
|76 Patission Ave., Athens GR-10434, Greece |
|e-mail: dgrit@aueb.gr |
Abstract: This paper addresses the democracy-oriented legal and constitutional requirements that an electronic voting system has to comply with. Its scope covers every election or decision-making process, which takes place through voting. Due mainly to the digital divide and to current technological limitation, electronic voting cannot be proposed as a universal means of voting but rather as an alternative option, supplemental to traditional voting means. An electronic voting process must be designed in such a way as to guarantee the general, free, equal and secret character of elections. In a democratic context an electronic voting system should respect and ensure attributes and properties such as transparency, verifiability, accountability, security and accuracy. Only then can it foster and
|Revisiting legal and regulatory requirements for secure e-voting |
| |
| |
|Lilian MITROU1 Dimitris GRITZALIS2, Sokratis KATSIKAS1 |
|1 Dept. of Information and Communication Systems, University of the Aegean |
|Karlovassi, Samos GR-83200, Greece |
|e-mail: l.mitrou@primeminister.gr, ska@aegean.gr |
|2 Dept. of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business |
|76 Patission Ave., Athens GR-10434, Greece |
|e-mail: dgrit@aueb.gr |
Abstract: This paper addresses the democracy-oriented legal and constitutional requirements that an electronic voting system has to comply with. Its scope covers every election or decision-making process, which takes place through voting. Due mainly to the digital divide and to current technological limitation, electronic voting cannot be proposed as a universal means of voting but rather as an alternative option, supplemental to traditional voting means. An electronic voting process must be designed in such a way as to guarantee the general, free, equal and secret character of elections. In a democratic context an electronic voting system should respect and ensure attributes and properties such as transparency, verifiability, accountability, security and accuracy. Only then can it foster and
References: 5. Cybervote Project, Report on electronic democracy projects, legal issues of Internet voting and users requirements analysis, European Commission, IST Programme, 2000.