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Name :   Jordi Puiggali
Organization :   Scytl Secure Electronic Voting
Post Date :   9/9/2005

General Comments
Comment :  Comparative factors related to security and voter-verifiability:
1. Voter-verifiability: Possibility for the voter to verify the correct recording of her
vote (“vote cast as intended”).
2. Vote integrity: Prevention of vote manipulation from the moment the vote is cast
until it is counted (“vote counted as cast”).
3. Redundancy: Existence of an independent back-up of the votes which enables
parallel recounts.
4. Auditing of election results: Possibility of third-party audits of the results.
5. Security of the data interchanged between the DRE and the voter-verifiability
solution: Confidentiality and integrity of the data (generally votes) interchanged
between both systems.
6. Voter privacy: Assurance that the voter’s choices will remain totally anonymous.
Comparative factors related to the ease of use by voters:
7. Usability: Ease of use of the voter-verifiability solution by average voters.
8. Accessibility: Possibility of using the voter-verifiability solution by voters with
disabilities.
9. Time-to-verify: Average extra time required by the voter to complete the
verification process at the polling place.