07-09-2017, 11:33 AM
Electronic voting (also known as e-voting or EVM) refers to voting using electronic media to help or to take care of casting tasks and counting votes. Depending on the implementation in particular, electronic voting may use standalone electronic machines (also called EVMs) or computers connected to the Internet. It encompasses a range of Internet services, from the transmission of basic data to the complete online voting function through common household connection devices. Likewise, the degree of automation can range from simple tasks to a complete solution that includes voter registration and authentication, ticket entry, local or room counting, encryption and transmission of voting data to servers, consolidation and tabulation of votes and the administration of elections. A system that is worthy of electronic voting must perform most of these tasks by complying with a set of standards set by regulatory bodies and must also be able to successfully handle strong requirements associated with security, accuracy, completeness, speed, privacy, audibility and accessibility. , profitability, scalability and ecological sustainability.
Many insecurities have been found on commercial voting machines, such as using a default management password. There are also reported cases of machines that make unpredictable and inconsistent errors. The key issues for electronic voting are, therefore, the opening of a system of public examination by external experts, the creation of an authentic paper register of votes cast and a chain of custody for the records.
Electronic voting technology can speed ballot counting, reduce the cost of paying staff to count votes manually, and can provide better accessibility for voters with disabilities. However, there has been restraint, especially in the United States, that electronic voting, especially the DRE vote, could facilitate electoral fraud and may not be completely auditable. In addition, electronic voting has been criticized as unnecessary and costly to introduce. While countries such as India continue to use electronic voting, a number of countries have either canceled electronic voting systems or decided against large-scale deployment, notably the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom due to issues of reliability of EVMs.
Many insecurities have been found on commercial voting machines, such as using a default management password. There are also reported cases of machines that make unpredictable and inconsistent errors. The key issues for electronic voting are, therefore, the opening of a system of public examination by external experts, the creation of an authentic paper register of votes cast and a chain of custody for the records.
Electronic voting technology can speed ballot counting, reduce the cost of paying staff to count votes manually, and can provide better accessibility for voters with disabilities. However, there has been restraint, especially in the United States, that electronic voting, especially the DRE vote, could facilitate electoral fraud and may not be completely auditable. In addition, electronic voting has been criticized as unnecessary and costly to introduce. While countries such as India continue to use electronic voting, a number of countries have either canceled electronic voting systems or decided against large-scale deployment, notably the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom due to issues of reliability of EVMs.