An XML-Based E-Voting System: A Cost-Effective, Practical Algorithm for Small and Mid-Sized Elections

Electronic voting (e-voting) can make the election process very efficient and voters' lives much easier during it. However, meeting the security requirements of electronic voting, such as confidentiality, integrity, and privacy, while minimizing its costs is a daunting task. E-voting systems ar...

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Published inProceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP) pp. 65 - 69
Main Authors Hettiarachchi, Charitha, Arthanayaka, Imali
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Athens The Steering Committee of The World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing (WorldComp) 01.01.2019
Subjects
Algorithms
Digital signatures
Elections
Electronic voting systems
Encryption
Integrity
Online voting
Privacy
Security
Voter behavior
Voters
Voting machines
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Summary:Electronic voting (e-voting) can make the election process very efficient and voters' lives much easier during it. However, meeting the security requirements of electronic voting, such as confidentiality, integrity, and privacy, while minimizing its costs is a daunting task. E-voting systems are highly vulnerable to various kinds of attacks and often require expensive security enhancements, which can prevent their use in small and mid-sized organizations or elections. Therefore, we propose a new cost-effective, XML-based evoting system that can be used in small and mid-sized elections. The new approach uses emerging and affordable XML encryption standards, such as super encryption and XML-based digital signatures, to enhance the confidentiality and integrity of e-voting.