• DocumentCode
    2562909
  • Title

    Increasing Trust in Elections via a Simple Receipt Algorithm

  • Author

    Mello-Stark, Suzanne ; Lamagna, Edmund A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Stat., Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    24-27 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    529
  • Lastpage
    534
  • Abstract
    We introduce a receipt election algorithm, the WAVE algorithm (Watch, Audit, Verify Elections) and audit trail. Based on set theory, the WAVE election algorithm is deliberately straightforward and intends to increase trust in elections and election transparency while maintaining voter privacy.
  • Keywords
    data privacy; government data processing; WAVE election algorithm; election transparency; receipt election algorithm; simple receipt algorithm; voter privacy; Computer crashes; Cryptography; Nominations and elections; Power system faults; Privacy; Random access memory; audit trail; electronic voting; end-to-end verifiability; privacy; transparency; trust;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA), 2015 IEEE 29th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Gwangiu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-1774-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WAINA.2015.79
  • Filename
    7096231
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2562909