Scantegrity II Municipal Election at Takoma Park: The First E2E Binding Governmental Election with Ballot Privacy

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dc.contributor.authorCarback, Richard
dc.contributor.authorChaum, David
dc.contributor.authorClark, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorConway, John
dc.contributor.authorEssex, Aleksander
dc.contributor.authorHerrnson, Paul S.
dc.contributor.authorMayberry, Travis
dc.contributor.authorPopoveniuc, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorRivest, Ronald L.
dc.contributor.authorShen, Emily
dc.contributor.authorSherman, Alan T.
dc.contributor.authorVora, Poorvi L.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-21T19:31:01Z
dc.date.available2019-02-21T19:31:01Z
dc.date.issued2009-11-03
dc.description.abstractOn November 3, 2009, voters in Takoma Park, Maryland, cast ballots for the mayor and city council members using the Scantegrity II voting system—the first time any end-to-end (E2E) voting system with ballot privacy has been used in a binding governmental election. This case study describes the various efforts that went into the election—including the improved design and implementation of the voting system, streamlined procedures, agreements with the city, and assessments of the experiences of voters and poll workers. The election, with 1728 voters from six wards, involved paper ballots with invisible-ink confirmation codes, instant-runoff voting with write-ins, early and absentee (mail-in) voting, dual-language ballots, provisional ballots, privacy sleeves, any-which-way scanning with parallel conventional desktop scanners, end-to-end verifiability based on optional web-based voter verification of votes cast, a full hand recount, thresholded authorities, three independent outside auditors, fully-disclosed software, and exit surveys for voters and pollworkers. Despite some glitches, the use of Scantegrity II was a success, demonstrating that E2E cryptographic voting systems can be effectively used and accepted by the general public.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAlan T. Sherman was supported in part by the Department of Defense under IASP grants H98230-08-1-0334 and H98230-09-1-0404. Poorvi L. Vora was supported in part by The National Science Foundation under grant CNS 0831149. Jeremy Clark and Aleksander Essex were supported in part by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).en_US
dc.description.urihttps://cisa.umbc.edu/files/2017/09/CarbackUSENIX2010.pdfen_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/sec10/stream/carback/index.html
dc.format.extent16 pagesen_US
dc.genreconference papers and proceedingsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2bety-joba
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/12841
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department
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dc.subjectelectionen_US
dc.subjectend-to-end (E2E) voting systemen_US
dc.subjectballot privacyen_US
dc.subjectinvisible-ink confirmation codesen_US
dc.subjectScantegrity II voting systemen_US
dc.titleScantegrity II Municipal Election at Takoma Park: The First E2E Binding Governmental Election with Ballot Privacyen_US
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