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Performance Requirements for End-to-End Verifiable Elections

Published

Author(s)

Stefan Popoveniuc, John M. Kelsey, Andrew Regenscheid, Poorvi Vora

Abstract

The term end-to-end verifiability has been used over the past several years to describe multiple voting system proposals. The term has, however, never been formally defined. As a result, its meaning tends to change from voting system to voting system. We propose a definition for end-to-end verifiability of public elections based on performance requirements, as opposed to design requirements. We suggest a set of properties that collectively define the term. The properties help detect some of the possible problems that may influence the integrity of the election outcome.
Conference Dates
August 9-10, 2010
Conference Location
Washington, DC, US
Conference Title
2010 Electronic Voting Technology Workshop/Workshop on Trustworthy Elections (EVT/WOTE '10)

Keywords

voting, voting system, end-to-end voting system, cryptography

Citation

Popoveniuc, S. , Kelsey, J. , Regenscheid, A. and Vora, P. (2010), Performance Requirements for End-to-End Verifiable Elections, 2010 Electronic Voting Technology Workshop/Workshop on Trustworthy Elections (EVT/WOTE '10), Washington, DC, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=905908 (Accessed October 5, 2025)

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Created August 8, 2010, Updated October 12, 2021
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