VoteXX: Coercion Resistance for the Real World (preliminary extended abstract)

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dc.contributor.authorChaum, David
dc.contributor.authorCarback, Richard T.
dc.contributor.authorClark, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Chao
dc.contributor.authorNejadgholi, Mahdi
dc.contributor.authorPreneel, Bart
dc.contributor.authorSherman, Alan T.
dc.contributor.authorYaksetig, Mario
dc.contributor.authorZag´orski, Filip
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Bingsheng
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-06T20:26:08Z
dc.date.available2023-06-06T20:26:08Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractWe solve the most challenging obstacle to casting votes online: “improper influence,” typically defined as vote buying or voter coercion. This problem has been the greatest barrier to mainstream adoption of online voting systems, whether the voter receives the ballot online or by mail. Our conceptual breakthrough allows each voter, or their trusted associates (which we call “hedgehogs”), to “nullify” (cancel) their vote in a way that is anonymous, unstoppable, and irrevocable. The separate nullification stage requires fewer assumptions than do other approaches, thereby strengthening security and increasing practicality, while simplifying and speeding up registration and vote casting. Though our nullification technology can be readily applied to almost all types of elections for which the tally is publicly auditable online, its benefits are greatest for votes cast beyond polling places, where the threat of improper influence is most acute. It addresses current trends: elections are moving online despite the growing ease by which voters can be paid and coerced electronically. Nullification will help make it prudent to vote online, which is the type of voting advocates have long believed needed for democracy to reach its potential.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://cisa.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/468/2021/10/VoteXX-Coercion-Resistance-for-the-Real-World.pdfen_US
dc.format.extent10 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.genrepreprintsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2htza-t8ro
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/28124
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Student Collection
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dc.subjectUMBC Cyber Defense Laben_US
dc.titleVoteXX: Coercion Resistance for the Real World (preliminary extended abstract)en_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1130-4678en_US

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