Phrase-Verified Voting: Verifiable Low-Tech Remote Boardroom Voting: (How We Voted on Tenure & Promotion Cases during the Pandemic)
| Autor: | Alan T. Sherman, Ryan Robucci, Ted Selker, Enka Blanchard |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department of Algorithms, Computation, Image and Geometry (LORIA - ALGO), Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications (LORIA), Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Maryland [Baltimore County] (UMBC), University of Maryland System, Alan Sherman was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under SFS grants DGE-1753681, and 1819521, and by the U.S. Department of Defense under CySP grants H98230-19-1-0308 and H98230-20-1-0384., Enka Blanchard received support from the French PIA project ``Lorraine Université d'Excellence,' reference ANR-15-IDEX-04-LUE., Digitrust, ANR-15-IDEX-0004,LUE,Isite LUE(2015), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Boardroom voting Computer science media_common.quotation_subject ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING 02 engineering and technology Computer security computer.software_genre 050105 experimental psychology Low-tech voting [INFO.INFO-CR]Computer Science [cs]/Cryptography and Security [cs.CR] Software 020204 information systems Voting 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences [INFO.INFO-HC]Computer Science [cs]/Human-Computer Interaction [cs.HC] media_common Verifiable voting business.industry Applied Mathematics 05 social sciences Remote voting 16. Peace & justice Computer Science Applications Usable security ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETY Verifiable secret sharing business computer |
| Popis: | We present Phrase-Verified Voting, a voter-verifiable remote voting system assembled from commercial off-the-shelf software for small private elections. The system is transparent and enables each voter to verify that the tally includes their ballot selection without requiring any understanding of cryptography. This paper describes the system and its use in fall 2020, to vote remotely in promotion committees in a university. Each voter fills out a form in the cloud with their vote V (YES, NO, ABSTAIN) and a passphrase P-two words entered by the voter. The system generates a verification prompt of the (P,V) pairs and a tally of the votes, organized to help visualize how the votes add up. After the polls close, each voter verifies that this table lists their (P,V) pair and that the tally is computed correctly. The system is especially appropriate for any small group making sensitive decisions. Because the system would not prevent a coercer from demanding that their victim use a specified passphrase, it is not designed for applications where such malfeasance would be likely or go undetected. Results from 43 voters show that the system was well-accepted, performed effectively for its intended purpose, and introduced users to the concept of voter-verified elections. Compared to the commonly-used alternatives of paper ballots or voting by email, voters found the system easier to use, and that it provided greater privacy and outcome integrity. |
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