EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Jordi Puiggali
Organization : | Scytl Secure Electronic Voting
Post Date : | 9/9/2005
General Comments
Comment : | At the end of the election, the election authorities can retrieve the electronic votes from the DRE and check their validity by verifying their digital signatures (generated by the DRE and the Audit Module) before counting them. The election authorities can also check the validity of the printed votes by verifying their digital signatures (generated by the DRE and the Audit Module) before counting them. In this way, printed votes and electronic votes can be cross-checked using their ballot identifiers and the corresponding digital signatures. This feature allows recovering lost electronic or paper votes and valid votes that have been invalidated due to printing or electronic errors. The record of digitally signed voter-verified votes in the Audit Module can also be used to check the election accuracy and solve disputes.