IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/igg/jesma0/v3y2011i3p16-30.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Technical Audit of an Electronic Polling Station: A Case Study

Author

Listed:
  • Hector Alaiz-Moreton

    (Universidad de Leon, Spain)

  • Luis Panizo-Alonso

    (Universidad de Leon, Spain)

  • Ramón A. Fernandez-Diaz

    (Universidad de Leon, Spain)

  • Javier Alfonso-Cendon

    (Universidad de Leon, Spain)

Abstract

This paper shows the lack of standard procedures to audit e-voting systems and also describes a practical process of auditing an e-voting experience based on a Direct-recording Electronic system (D.R.E). This system has been tested in a real situation, in the city council of Coahuila, Mexico, in November 2008. During the auditing, several things were kept in mind, in particular those critical in complex contexts, as democratic election processes are. The auditing process is divided into three main complementary stages: analysis of voting protocol, analysis of polling station hardware elements, and analysis of the software involved. Each stage contains several items which have to be analyzed at low level with the aim to detect and resolve possible security problems.

Suggested Citation

  • Hector Alaiz-Moreton & Luis Panizo-Alonso & Ramón A. Fernandez-Diaz & Javier Alfonso-Cendon, 2011. "Technical Audit of an Electronic Polling Station: A Case Study," International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA), IGI Global, vol. 3(3), pages 16-30, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jesma0:v:3:y:2011:i:3:p:16-30
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/jesma.2011070102
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:igg:jesma0:v:3:y:2011:i:3:p:16-30. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Journal Editor (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.igi-global.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.