Anytime, Anywhere Anyone (AAA) Internet Voting in India Raj Reddy Carnegie Mellon University Aug 2, 2016
Long Term Vision Only 65% are able vote today Rest are unable to vote for many reasons Physical Handicap or Age or Lack of Transporation Travel out of station Service Professionals Migrant Workers including Officers on duty Technology can enable over 95% to cast the vote, today Time Independent: ANYTIME Location Independent: ANYWHERE Category Independent: ANYONE Expectation: Near Term: 40% of Voters will own Smart Phones Medium Term: 70% of Voters will own Smart Phones Long Term: 90% of Voters will own Smart Phones
Desired Outcomes Online Voting: Permitted for Any “Registered” Voter with a “Smart Phone” Anytime Voting: Upto 4 weeks ahead of Election Date Anywhere Voting: From anywhere in world Access to Next Gen EVMs for Voters without Smartphones Authentication by Voice Dialog in Local Language Aadhaar Card plus Voice Print Authorization using OTP at the Time of Voting using Personalized ECI App after Authentication and Challenge Questions Audit using Triplicated Data Centers
Emerging Business of Political Hacking and Stealing Elections More Dangerous than Voting Fraud Modern political operation: running attack ads, researching the opposition, and finding ways to suppress a foe’s turnout. Disinformation and Misinformation Manipulate social media to create false waves of enthusiasm and derision, Defacing campaign websites spoof and clone Web pages, and send mass e-mails and texts Digital interception, attack, decryption, and defense Dirty war and psychological operations, black propaganda, rumors “Online and Physical” breakin to steal campaign strategies and Install spyware in opposition offices Breaking into opponents’ donor databases Specialties: develop the best malware. scan systems and software for vulnerabilities. mobile intercept hack smartphones
Requirements for Internet Voting Connectivity: WiFi/Broadband Wireless Computing: Smart Phone Capacity: Speech Based UI Authentication App: Local Language Speech Dialog Authorization App: QA and One Time Password Audit End to End Verified Internet Voting (E2E VIV)
Reliable IT Infrastructure: Data Centers, WiFi and Broadband Wireless in Villages Multi Vendor Data Centers Village Level Access through WiFi Broadband Wireless Access to Smart Phone Speech I/O based User Interface
Action Items Agree on a Multiphase Implementation of E2E-VIV Remote Voting Permitted for Any Registered Voter with a Smart Phone Anytime: Upto 4 weeks ahead of Election Date? Anywhere: From anywhere in world Use of NG-EVMs must always be available Authentication by Voice Dialog in Local Language Target Dates Near Term: 30% of Voters use Internet Medium Term: 60% of Voters use Internet Long Term: 80% of Voters use Internet