Electronic Voting: Security Issues
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This paper covers the some of the security issues in current electronic voting systems. There are many problems with current electronic voting systems . The certification of systems in the USA is done without public input, and the resulting certification reports are kept secret. Many machines lack external audit capabilit ies such as a voter verifiable paper trail. Many systems can be easily hacked, allowing multip le votes, votes by unauthorised persons, and manipulation of vote tallies. US government standards have been found to be lacking in depth and essential in formation. Many solutions to these problems have been put forward by members of the academic community. However, no complete solution has been proposed that meets the standards required of a system this important to our society.
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