Security considerations for remote electronic voting

ABSTRACT

Introducing state-of-the art technology into the election process implies new risks that may not be worth taking.

REFERENCES

• 1: Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project. Voting: What Is; What Could Be (July 2001).
• 2: Democracy Online Project. Voting in the Information Age: The Debate Over Technology (Jan. 2001).
• 3: National Commission on Federal Election Reform. To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process (Aug. 2001).
• 4: National Science Foundation. Report on the National Workshop on Internet Voting (Mar. 2001).
• 5: Aviel D. Rubin, White-hat security arsenal: tackling the threats, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd., Essex, UK, 2001

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.0 General

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
      H.1.2 User/Machine Systems
  H.2 DATABASE MANAGEMENT
      H.2.7 Database Administration

  J. Computer Applications
  J.1 ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING
  J.7 COMPUTERS IN OTHER SYSTEMS