Title :
Increasing Trust in Elections via a Simple Receipt Algorithm
Author :
Mello-Stark, Suzanne ; Lamagna, Edmund A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Stat., Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
Abstract :
We introduce a receipt election algorithm, the WAVE algorithm (Watch, Audit, Verify Elections) and audit trail. Based on set theory, the WAVE election algorithm is deliberately straightforward and intends to increase trust in elections and election transparency while maintaining voter privacy.
Keywords :
data privacy; government data processing; WAVE election algorithm; election transparency; receipt election algorithm; simple receipt algorithm; voter privacy; Computer crashes; Cryptography; Nominations and elections; Power system faults; Privacy; Random access memory; audit trail; electronic voting; end-to-end verifiability; privacy; transparency; trust;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA), 2015 IEEE 29th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gwangiu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1774-7
DOI :
10.1109/WAINA.2015.79
