System and method for secure voting

摘要

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for conducting an election. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method for ensuring integrity of an electronic ballot. The method can include creating electronic ballots for voters based on votes received from the voters; digitally signing the electronic ballots; storing the signed electronic ballots; retrieving the signed electronic ballots from storage; verifying the digital signatures on the retrieved electronic ballots; and presenting the voters with validation pages derived from the retrieved electronic ballots, the validation pages including a user interface element for the voters to confirm that the retrieved electronic ballots accurately reflect their vote.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising the method comprising the following operations performed by at least one processor:
obtaining information identifying one or more pending votes associated with a voter and an online election; identifying a validation challenge assigned to the voter, the validation challenge comprising a first alphanumeric character string associated with the voter; generating a validation page for the voter, the validation page identifying at least one of the one or more pending votes and the validation challenge; generating an electronic instruction to transmit the validation page to a voter device associated with the voter; receiving a response to the validation page from the voter device; determining whether the received response corresponds to the validation challenge assigned to the voter; and recording the pending votes, when the received response corresponds to the validation challenge.