ORCID
0000-0002-6712-5284
Year
2021
Season
Fall
Paper Type
Master's Thesis
College
College of Computing, Engineering & Construction
Degree Name
Master of Science in Computer and Information Sciences (MS)
Department
Computing
NACO controlled Corporate Body
University of North Florida. School of Computing
First Advisor
Dr. Swapnoneel Roy
Second Advisor
Dr. Asai Asaithambi
Third Advisor
Dr. Sandeep Reddivari
Abstract
Building voting systems for secret ballot elections has many challenges and is the subject of significant academic research efforts. These challenges come from conflicting requirements. In this paper, we introduce a novel architectural approach to voting system construction that may help satisfy conflicting requirements and increase voter satisfaction. Our design, called Open Voting Client Architecture, defines a voting system architectural approach that can harness the power of individualized voting clients. In this work, we contribute a voting system reference architecture to depict the current voting system construction and then use it to define Open Voting Client Architecture. We then detail a specific implementation called Op-Ed Voting to evaluate the security of Open Voting Client Architecture systems. We show that Op-Ed Voting, using voters' personal devices in an end-to-end verifiable protocol, can potentially improve usability and accessibility for voters while also satisfying security requirements for electronic voting.
Suggested Citation
Wilson, Aaron M., "Open Voting Client Architecture and Op-Ed Voting: A Novel Framework for Solving Requirement Conflicts in Secret Ballot Elections" (2021). UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 1112.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/1112