E-voting E-voting is an election system that allows a voter to record his or her secure and

secret ballot electronically.In 2004, it's estimated that approximately 30 percent of the voting population in the United States used some form of e-voting technology, including direct electronic recording

Voting Process

Result Declared

Ballot Paper Vote in Order of preference

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1 2 3 4 5 6

Polling Day

Candidates chosen

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Registration

A D

B E

C F

Count Process
Votes added to candidate Quota= ___votes______ No. of Seats Surplus = votesA - Quota Use next preference

Votes Counted Quota Declared If votes A>Quota A is Elected Distribute surplus If B = Quota Declare B Elected else

Add to other Candidates total

Eliminate Bottom Candidate

Distribute total votes to Remaining Candidats according To next valid preference Eliminate Bottom Candidate Add Votes to remaing candidates

D E F F

C D E

If Candidates != Quota

Declare Result!!!

Eliminate lowest Candidate

New Process Map

Voter Registration Maintain Database Election Result Election Day Manual Votes Votes counted by hand: Results keyed into Database Recount if Necessary

Electronic Votes

Traditional Media used for Results Issue Security handled by PIN numbers

Votes Arrive Electronically

Quotas Checked on the fly

Manual Counts are in Results database linked in real time to web page

Real Time Results Website

Electronic Counts are in

Must Wait until Polling Booths Close

Feedback Centre

Results Tabulated

The reengineered process in practice Holistic View

{Old Process} Registration

Voting

Vote Count

Result Distribution

{New Process}
Paper Database Electronic Database

Electronic Registration of Voters

Electronic voting & Count combined

Electronic Distribution of Results

{Old Process}

View by Process
Registration by the state at age 18 Self registration

Registration

{New Process}
Paper Database Electronic Database

Electronic Registration of Voters

Advantages of E-Voting
Accuracy increases even more democratic Possibility of voting from a different constituency Faster count get on with the business of forming a government Possibility of increasing voter turn-out, especially if freer location of polling stations permitted End of the recount?

Disadvatages of E-Voting
The electorate need to be made fully aware of how to use any new systems education will be required Obvious security concerns Faster count loss of overtime for many a journalist May take away from the experience Until major on-line security developments in place people will still have to travel to ballot More polling stations may require more returning officers and the like.