2008 NOV 24 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to a study from the United States, "This paper presents an information-theoretic model of a vote counting system, and well-defined criteria for evaluating such a system with respect to integrity, privacy and verifiability."

  "The impossibility of achieving perfect integrity, perfect verifiability and perfect privacy follows easily from the information-theoretic approach," wrote B. Hosp and colleagues, George Washington University ...read more

  2008 NOV 24 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to a study from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, "Despite well-known controversies surrounding electronic voting (e-voting), electronic voting systems are gradually replacing traditional paper-based ones in some developed countries. An anonymous e-voting system that can be used in elections with large electorates must meet various security requirements, such as anonymity, uncoercibility, tally correctness, completeness, unrecastability, verifiability, soundness, and honesty. ...read more

  2008 NOV 24 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to recent research published in the journal Mathematical and Computer Modelling, "It is immensely challenging to devise a voting system that guarantees both the correct reflection of the will of the voters and the secrecy of the ballots, based solely on compelling, objective evidence. In response to this challenge, various voting protocols have been proposed, typically using cryptography, that seek to base the assurance of accuracy on transparency and auditability. ...read more