Review of Cryptographic Schemes applied to Remote Electronic Voting systems: remaining challenges and the upcoming post-quantum paradigm

The implantation of Remote Electronic Voting (REV) systems to Electoral Processes is happening at a slower pace than anticipated. One of the relevant factors explaining that reality is the lack of studies about the Cryptographic Schemes and Primitives applied to the existing REV solutions. In this p...

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Published inOpen mathematics (Warsaw, Poland) Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 95 - 112
Main Authors Marcos del Blanco, David Yeregui, Panizo Alonso, Luis, Hermida Alonso, Jose Angel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Warsaw De Gruyter 23.02.2018
De Gruyter Poland
Subjects
06B20
65A05
81P94
Cryptography
e-democracy
Elections
Electronic voting systems
Internet Voting
Online voting
Remote Electronic Voting
Voting machines
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Summary:The implantation of Remote Electronic Voting (REV) systems to Electoral Processes is happening at a slower pace than anticipated. One of the relevant factors explaining that reality is the lack of studies about the Cryptographic Schemes and Primitives applied to the existing REV solutions. In this paper, the authors review the main cryptographic schemes applied to date, as well as the most relevant Post Quantum research in the field. The aim is twofold: contribute to clarify the strengths and weaknesses of each scheme as well as expose the remaining challenges, as a necessary step towards a broader introduction of REV solutions in binding elections.
ISSN:2391-5455
2391-5455
DOI:10.1515/math-2018-0013