What makes the domain and requirements of elections so difficult to solve with computers? In this talk we will go through a lot of the requirements of an election and what motivates them, and show how computers surprisingly often introduce more vulnerabilities than they solve when applied to elections.
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“The testing is performed using a prototype
implementation in Java. Though the implementation
does not take into consideration security and
anonymity concerns, it is a full implementation of
the Electoral System.”
Evaluating the suitability of EML 4.0 for the Norwegian Electoral System : A prototype approach
Patricia Aas, Masters Thesis UiO, 2005
https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/9298
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1. Can it affect the Election Result?
2. Can it go undetected?
3. Can it discredit the Election Result?
4. Can it create more work?
Evaluating severity
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“A voting system is software-independent if
an undetected change or error in its software
cannot cause
an undetectable change or error in
an election outcome”
On the notion of “software-independence” in voting systems
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/RivestWack-OnTheNotionOfSoftwareIndependenceInVotingSystems.pdf
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@pati_gallardo
“The Norwegian electoral system: a study of EVA
Skanning, implemented error detection mechanisms,
and applicability of risk-limiting audits”
Vilde Elise Samnøy Amundsen, Masters Thesis NTNU, 2019
Thesis Advisor: Patricia Aas
http://www.valgforum.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Masteroppgave-Vilde-Amundsen.pdf
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Høringssvar, Patricia Aas, TurtleSec, https://elections.no/2018/12/13/hoeringssvar_turtlesec.html
“Election Cybersecurity Progress Report”, Professor J. Alex Halderman (University of Michigan), https://youtu.be/U-184ssFce4
“Electronic Voting In 2018: Threat Or Menace”, Professor Matt Blaze, Joe Hall, Margaret MacAlpine, and Harri Hursti,
https://youtu.be/Lo3iibtVh6M
“Testimony of Prof. Matt Blaze”, Professor Matt Blaze (University of Pennsylvania),
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Blaze-UPenn-Statement-Voting-Machines-11-29.pdf
“Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy”, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25120/securing-the-vote-protecting-american-democracy
“DEF CON 26 Voting Village Report”, Blaze, Braun, Hursti, Jefferson, MacAlpine, Moss,
https://defcon.org/images/defcon-26/DEF%20CON%2026%20voting%20village%20report.pdf
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