I have written a lot recently about how building e-voting systems is hard but here are two initiatives that try and address this issue. I need to read about them in more detail, but the first uses the blockchain, it would seem bitcoin’s blockchain, while I am less clear on the Liquid Feedback’s architecture and hence it’s security.
See,
In 2023, I was pointed at, https://decidim.org/
This article, about the German Pirate Party and its technology lists some further products, including adhocracy, see above . All open source of course. The comments are also interesting.
Nearly a year later, 24 Dec 2015, I am pointed at the following products,
- https://www.loomio.org/ now reviewed, see the comments
- http://democracyos.org/
- https://represent.cc/
Some evidence to the Speaker’s Commission on e-democracy., secure-voting-webroots-democracy by webroots democracy, a .pdf. It claims to have taken account the views of leading academics and systems providers, argues it is better than postal votes and uses the low turnouts or number of MPs elected with less than 50% support as arguments in favour of change, although the latter is an argument for PR, as far as I know the view is that online voting has a substitution effect, not an addition. More comments to follow.
The Bit Congress White Paper has moved, I post it here…
I was pointed at choice voting, which offers STV in an SaaS package and looked at surveymonkey’s anonymity vs secrecy statement.
ooOOOoo
I have made some bookmarks tagged ‘e-voting’ at Diigo.
- Estonia publishes its e-voting source code on GitHub | Ars Technicaon March 13, 2023 at 4:38 pm
"System architect says he welcomes "development and security of the e-elections."" Annotations: Domestically, courts have upheld the use of Internet voting. In 2011, the Estonian Supreme […]
- Anonyvoter - FAQon February 16, 2021 at 10:49 am
thier FAQ! Tags: politics technology e-voting
- By November, Russian hackers could target voting machineson January 26, 2021 at 10:02 am
Bruce Schneier at the Washington Post, elections are too important for the internet, "computer security experts like me have sounded the alarm for many years, states have largely ignored the threat, and the machine manufacturers have thrown up enough […]
- Anonyvoter - Anonymous Online Voting Systemon October 16, 2020 at 11:11 am
Now it seems preferred by the Labour Party Tags: e-voting service technology
- Online Voting Software - Create Free Online Electionson July 10, 2020 at 5:35 am
STV/AV SaaS Tags: politics voting e-voting stv av saas
- Cyber security expert warns of impending IoT disasteron February 1, 2020 at 2:12 pm
Schneier warns that if Russian hackers were able to gain control of DNC emails that it wouldn’t take much for them to be able to hack into online voting machines. In the same article, Schneier warns against online voting, listing a variety of security […]
- Electoral Commission releases e-voting and e-counting reports | Light Blue Touchpaperon July 17, 2019 at 6:56 pm
The Commission’s criticism of e-counting and e-voting was scathing; concerning the latter saying that the “security risk involved was significant and unacceptable.” Tags: politics uk […]
- Explained: How Voting Works in Venezuela | Venezuelanalysis.comon July 17, 2019 at 6:54 pm
... one of the most reliable in the world Tags: politics venezuela e-voting smartmatic
- Shock revelation as massive American presidential election hack confirmedon April 10, 2019 at 5:53 am
Not the Federal Presidency but Berkley District schools, in the shadow of UC Berkeley. Tags: technlogy evoting e-voting politics […]
- Venezuela's Election System Holds Up As A Model For The Worldon January 27, 2019 at 1:59 pm
Venezuela's Election System Holds Up As A Model For The World ... well there's a surprise them Tags: venezuela election e-voting politics
- Hunt issues Maduro election ‘ultimatum’ – but Forbes called Venezuela elections ‘model for the world’ | The SKWAWKBOXon January 26, 2019 at 9:00 pm
about their election system Tags: politics venezuela e-voting
- Securing Elections - Schneier on Securityon October 26, 2018 at 3:24 pm
via Schneier on Security - to accurately choose the winner. But the second is equally important: to convince the loser. This is another of his important essays, defining the need for up-to-date software, a receipt for the vote, and audits and controls for […]
- West Virginia Using Internet Votingon October 26, 2018 at 12:18 pm
via Schneier on Security - propose a smartphone app, bad! And blockchain .. pointless. It links to his essay earlier in the year. Tags: IFTTT Feedly technology […]
- Election Security Bill Without Paper Records and Risk Limiting Audits? No Way. | Electronic Frontier Foundationon September 2, 2018 at 9:54 am
via EFF.org Updates - a polemic about the Senate Bill on e-voting. The paper verification and statistical controls are needed otherwise the system will fail in a number of ways Tags: IFTTT […]
- Labour’s Democracy Review Backs Online Voting Plan To Give Jeremy Corbyn Supporters New Power Over Policyon August 1, 2018 at 8:30 am
Paul Waugh in the HuffPo, leaks the DR.and major on the e-balloting proposals, to which I reply snarkely in my blog. Tags: politics labour labourparty […]
- Lessons Learned from the Estonian National ID Security Flaw - Schneier on Securityon December 22, 2017 at 11:25 am
via Schneier on Security - on failings of the Estonian EID system, recommending duplicate/backup systems and remediation plans if crypto-algorithms are breached. Tags: IFTTT Feedly […]
More coming soon, maybe.
I have today uploaded a document from Web Roots Democracy on secure e-voting. I shall comment later.
I reviewed Loomio earlier in the month. It’s very pretty, but restricted to threads and polls; the polls are restricted in how one expresses one’s self, Yes, No, Dunno and Absolutely Not! User management on the other hand is quite rich.
Possibly a replacement for Simple Machine Forums or Community Forums and their predecessors, but it lacks a karma system.
Possibly, its simplicity will make it easier for the less IT literate, but it does not have an email interface.
The debate continues, I am influenced by those who think that consensus building solutions differ from those that resolve polarised debates.
I updated this with Choice Voting and Survey Monkey comments.
Today, I was pointed at, https://decidim.org/