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To essentially allow voters to cast ballots using their personal devices (clients), we design a novel voting system architecture in this paper that we refer to as Open Voting Client Architecture. Then, we present details about one particular implementation of our architecture called Op-Ed Voting. Lastly, we assess the Open Voting Client Architecture system’s security. This work indicates that Op-Ed Voting can potentially increase usability and accessibility for voters while simultaneously meeting security criteria for electronic voting. Op-Ed Voting uses voters’ personal devices in an end-to-end verified protocol.
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The research has been supported by Fidelity National Financial Distinguished Professorship in CIS grant of S. Roy, 0583-5504-51.
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Wilson, A., Roy, S., Mukhopadhyay, D. (2023). Open Voting Client Architecture and Op-Ed Voting for Secret Ballot Elections. In: Daimi, K., Al Sadoon, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Advances in Computing Research (ACR’23). ACR 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 700. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33743-7_31
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