An Internet voting system supporting user privacy

This work introduces theA system1, an Internet-based, free and open source electronic voting system which employs strong cryptography. Our system is a fully functional e-voting platform and enjoys a number of security properties, such as robustness, trust distri-bution, ballot privacy, auditability and verifiability. It can readily implement and carry out various voting pro-cedures in parallel and can be used for small scale boardroom/department-wide voting as well as large-scale elections. In addition, A employs a flexible voting scheme which allows the system to carry out pro-cedures such as surveys or other data collection activi-ties. A offers a unique opportunity to study crypto-graphic voting protocols from a systems perspective and to explore the security and usability of electronic voting systems. 1