Election Security: Perception and Reality

  • Authors:
  • David Evans;Nathanael Paul

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Virginia;University of Virginia

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Security and Privacy
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Voters' trust in elections comes from a combination of the mechanisms and procedures we use to record and tally votes, and from confidence in election officials' competence and honesty. Electronic voting systems pose considerable risks to both the perception and reality of trustworthy elections.