Technical Audit of an Electronic Polling Station: A Case Study

Technical Audit of an Electronic Polling Station: A Case Study

Hector Alaiz-Moreton, Luis Panizo-Alonso, Ramón A. Fernandez-Diaz, Javier Alfonso-Cendon
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 15
ISSN: 1941-627X|EISSN: 1941-6288|EISBN13: 9781613507032|DOI: 10.4018/jesma.2011070102
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Alaiz-Moreton, Hector, et al. "Technical Audit of an Electronic Polling Station: A Case Study." IJESMA vol.3, no.3 2011: pp.16-30. http://doi.org/10.4018/jesma.2011070102

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Alaiz-Moreton, H., Panizo-Alonso, L., Fernandez-Diaz, R. A., & Alfonso-Cendon, J. (2011). Technical Audit of an Electronic Polling Station: A Case Study. International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA), 3(3), 16-30. http://doi.org/10.4018/jesma.2011070102

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Alaiz-Moreton, Hector, et al. "Technical Audit of an Electronic Polling Station: A Case Study," International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA) 3, no.3: 16-30. http://doi.org/10.4018/jesma.2011070102

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Abstract

This paper shows the lack of standard procedures to audit e-voting systems and also describes a practical process of auditing an e-voting experience based on a Direct-recording Electronic system (D.R.E). This system has been tested in a real situation, in the city council of Coahuila, Mexico, in November 2008. During the auditing, several things were kept in mind, in particular those critical in complex contexts, as democratic election processes are. The auditing process is divided into three main complementary stages: analysis of voting protocol, analysis of polling station hardware elements, and analysis of the software involved. Each stage contains several items which have to be analyzed at low level with the aim to detect and resolve possible security problems.

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