Definition
A system is called an electronic voting system when ballots are directly recorded electronically. Depending on the context, it may include voting systems that use electronic devices for reading paper ballots, such as punch cards and optically marked ballots.
Background
In most electronic voting systems used today, voters go to designated polling places, and cast their votes electronically after being identified and authorized by conventional, nonelectronic means. In the near future, systems in which voters securely cast their ballots to the authorities over a network, and do not physically be present at polling places can be envisioned. The research on electronic voting schemes started based on this future model. When both authentication of voter and casting of a vote were performed over network, how to maintain the privacy of the ballots while ensuring their validity, and with reliably verifying the final tally.
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Sako, K. (2011). Electronic Voting Schemes. In: van Tilborg, H.C.A., Jajodia, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5906-5_18
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