Call for Papers
Elections form the foundations of democracy and have been the target for attack since its inception. Over the last few decades the introduction of digital technologies to elections has opened up a raft of new attack vectors. Recently in the US there is discussion of placing voting technologies on the list of national, critical infrastructures. Secure voting protocols, in particular so-called “end-to-end verifiable” schemes, have been a hot topic of research for the last decade or so. Voting poses many challenges: the precise characterization of very subtle properties including verifiability and coercion resistance, and the design and analysis of schemes providing these properties in a complex, hostile environment. The field requires a deep understanding of modern crypto but is highly interdisciplinary, requiring understanding of the role of humans, procedures, laws, regulations, etc.
Papers should contain original research in any area related to electronic voting technologies, verifiable elections, and related concerns. Example topics include but are not limited to:
- In-person voting systems
- Remote/Internet voting systems
- Voter registration and authentication systems
- Procedures for ballot and election auditing
- Cryptographic (or non-cryptographic) verifiable election schemes
- Attacks on existing systems
- Designs of new systems
- Experiences deploying voting systems or conducting elections
- Experiences detecting and recovering from election problems
- Formal or informal security or requirements analysis
- Examination of usability and accessibility issues
- Research on relevant regulations, standards, or laws
