ANONYMOUS AND SECURE ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM FOR USE IN OPEN NETWORKS

摘要

The invention relates to an electronic voting method of the type that can be used to vote on a matter from remote terminals interconnected via an open communications network (e.g. Internet). The method is characterised in that it comprises: (a) a phase in which virtual ballot papers are created; (b) a phase in which an order is established between the voting agents; (c) a phase in which each voting agent successively extracts a virtual ballot paper; (d) a phase in which the last agent makes the remaining ballot papers public, (e) a phase in which each agent checks the consistency of the data and communicates any possible error; (f) a phase in which each agent requests additional information from the rest of the agents in order to perform additional security checks.