Remote Electronic Voting with Revocable Anonymity

We present a new remote, coercion-free electronic voting protocol which satisfies a number of properties previously considered contradictory. We introduce (and justify) the idea of revocable anonymity in electronic voting, on the grounds of it being a legal requirement in the United Kingdom, and show a method of proving the validity of a ballot to a verifier in zero knowledge, by extension of known two-candidate proofs.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: ICISS
• Authors: Matt Smart, Eike Ritter
• Keywords: Electronic Voting, Electronic Voting Protocol, ICISS 2009, Information System, Revocable Anonymity