A supervised verifiable voting protocol for the Victorian electoral commission
Craig Burton, Chris Culnane, James Heather, Thea Peacock, Peter Y. A. Ryan, Steve A. Schneider, Sriramkrishnan Srinivasan, Vanessa Teague, Roland Wen, Zhe Xia · Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey) · 2012
Abstract: This paper describes the design of a supervised verifiable voting protocol suitable for use for elections in the state of Victoria, Australia. We provide a brief overview of the style and nature of the elections held in Victoria and associated challenges. Our protocol, based on Prêt à Voter, presents a new ballot overprinting front-end design, which assists the voter in completing the potentially complex ballot. We also present and analyse a series of modifications to the back-end that will enable it to handle the large number of candidates, , with ranking single transferable vote (STV), which some Victorian elections require. We conclude with a threat analysis of the scheme and a discussion on the impact of the modifications on the integrity and privacy assumptions of Prêt à Voter.