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Developing a Legal Framework for Remote Electronic Voting

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E-Voting and Identity (Vote-ID 2009)

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This paper describes how to legally regulate remote electronic elections. Electronic voting systems have to respect the constitutional election principles. For technological solutions, this translates into security requirements that have to be fulfilled by the operational environment in which the voting takes place. Therefore [26] introduced the concept of providing the technical and organizational implementation of a remote electronic election by a qualified trustworthy third party. This paper adds legal regulation to support this concept. The legal framework addresses the secure operation of remote electronic voting services as well as their accreditation and supervision by an official authority.

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    Axel Schmidt, Dennis Heinson, Lucie Langer, Zoi Opitz-Talidou, Philipp Richter, Melanie Volkamer & Johannes Buchmann

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Schmidt, A. et al. (2009). Developing a Legal Framework for Remote Electronic Voting. In: Ryan, P.Y.A., Schoenmakers, B. (eds) E-Voting and Identity. Vote-ID 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5767. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04135-8_6

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