Electronic Voting Systems Telicia Chaffin Mesa State College

Overview History of Voting History of Voting Current Failures Current Failures Characteristics of a Good E-voting System Characteristics of a Good E-voting System Comparison of Models Comparison of Models Standards Standards Conclusion Conclusion

Timeline 1700’s1800’s Raising of hands “Aye” or “Nay” Early Paper Ballots U.S. adopts Australian White Paper Ballots Punch Card Machines Optical Scan Machines Electronic Voting Machines Australia – White Paper Ballots Mechanical Lever Action Voting Machines Touch Screens (in some states) (Bellis, 2007; Saltman, 2006)

Current Failures 2000 – hanging chads and butterfly ballots (Mercuri, 2002) 2000 – hanging chads and butterfly ballots (Mercuri, 2002) 2002 – faulty memory card (Anderson, 2006) 2002 – faulty memory card (Anderson, 2006) 2003 – machines miscount ballots (Anderson, 2006) 2003 – machines miscount ballots (Anderson, 2006) 2004 – improperly calibrated scanner (Mercuri, 2002) 2004 – improperly calibrated scanner (Mercuri, 2002) 2006 – polls do not open on time (“E-voting”, 2006) 2006 – polls do not open on time (“E-voting”, 2006)

E-voting System Accuracy Accuracy Verifiability Verifiability Democracy Democracy Privacy Privacy Convenience Convenience Flexibility Flexibility Mobility Mobility (Cranor & Cytron, 1996) (eWeek, 2005)

Proposed Characteristics Reliability Reliability Consistency Consistency Social Acceptance Social Acceptance (Hines & Rash, 2006)(Matson, 2004)

Model Comparison CharacteristicseVACSMercuri Accuracy Verifiability Democracy Privacy (security) Convenience Flexibility Mobility Reliability Consistency Social Acceptance

Standards Physical Machines (quality control) Physical Machines (quality control) E-voting Process E-voting Process IEEE Project 1583 IEEE Project 1583 (Matson, 2004) (PC World, 2004)

Conclusion Risks Risks Impact Impact Online E-voting Online E-voting (Julian, 2006)(eWeek, 2006)

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