NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMOTE OBSERVATION AND VERIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC VOTES: FOUNDATIONS OF A BETTER E-VOTING SYSTEM

1. NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMOTE OBSERVATION AND VERIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC VOTES: FOUNDATIONS OF A BETTER E-VOTING SYSTEM S.Ablameyko, N.Kalosha, V.Lipen, D.Lipen, United Institute of Informatics Problems of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Belarusian State University Minsk, 2009

6. Secure ID generation and storage system Verification center Mail distribution and processing system E L E C T O R S Polling stations Polling stations Polling stations Voting portal(s) Monitoring portal(s) I N T E R N E T Remote observers Outside system for supervision of voting events Invitations Votes Registration of electors and voting The proposed e-voting framework

8. Data flow Verification center Monitoring portal EID + Personal data EID + Personal data Elector Identification No RSID Secure identifier Secret key Polling stations Mail Web portal SMS portal Vote confirmation number Before the voting day Monitoring portal Complete dataset On the voting day After the election is finished

11. Verification of elector registration

12. Votes given to different candidates

13. Individual vote verification For SMS vote verification dial 4936. Web-portal: e-vote.basnet.by Your vote confirmation number: 007 007 1046

14. Votes given to different political parties

15. Votes given in a referendum