Internet voting: do people accept it? Do they trust it?

Author

Bruschi, D. ; De Cindio, F. ; Ferrazzi, D. ; Poletti, G. ; Rosti, E.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Sci. dell´´Informazione, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

fYear

2002

fDate

2-6 Sept. 2002

Firstpage

437

Abstract

With TruEVote, a research and demonstration project funded by the Information Society Technology programme of the fifth Framework Programme of the European Union, we investigate both the technical and the social issues that affect the acceptance of Internet voting systems. A voting protocol based on the security services of a public key infrastructure is implemented and demonstrated in a variety of scenarios, involving community networks and different types of "traditional" social communities, with various degrees of familiarity with technology. The results of the initial workshops with various groups of citizens have provided interesting insights in the acceptance issues.

Keywords

Internet; government data processing; public key cryptography; social aspects of automation; Internet voting; TruEVote; citizens; community networks; public key infrastructure; security; social communities; social issues; trust; voting protocol; Authentication; Computer networks; Computer security; Cryptographic protocols; Electronic voting systems; Eyes; Internet; Nominations and elections; Protection; Public key cryptography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Applications, 2002. Proceedings. 13th International Workshop on

ISSN

1529-4188

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1668-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.2002.1045936

Filename

1045936