Electronic Voting

Abstract

Remote electronic voting, where eligible voters can cast votes from anywhere in the world on their device, promises to increase voter turnout, improve accessibility, and reduce costs. However, building a secure online voting system is difficult, involving four essential requirements: integrity, privacy, coercion-resistance, and availability. Moreover, successfully deploying a secure online voting system would require close collaboration among the public and private sectors and academia. The military and intelligence agencies could play an important role in supporting the e-voting operator against cyberattacks meant to deteriorate public trust in the voting outcome.