A Study of Vulnerabilities in E-Voting System

Ranking of the Electronic Voting System Security Threats on the Basis of Multi-Criteria Evaluation Method

“…E-democracy, particularly e-voting, has led to broad discussions in practice and literature [4][5][6][7]. As the major discussion topics, the security issues and the impact of e-voting on socio-political processes are highlighted.…”

“…To facilitate e-voting and to ensure its more efficient and inexpensive realization, it should be implemented in the following two forms with the use of electronic tools: e-voting observation -requires a representative of government or electoral authority and/or remote e-voting -does not require an observation by the representative and can be implemented via the Internet voting or mobile devices [2,5,7]. In the context of remote e-voting via the Internet, e-voting solutions in the literature are grouped into three major categories: booth voting, Internet voting in the voting center, and remote Internet-voting [7].…”

“…The main contribution of e-voting and, in particular, Internet-based voting systems, is the voters mobility support, which in turn enables voters to attend elections from anywhere via the Internet access. The key gaps associated with e-voting are related to the voter authentication and, principally, threats to the Internet voting software, such as viruses, malware, and Trojan horse [5]. Internet voting problems may include completeness of voter information, reliable transfer and storage of votes, prevention of voice duplication and so forth [5,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13].…”

“…There are many vulnerabilities related to different e-voting systems [2][3][4][5]8,[11][12][13][14]. Most available e-voting systems are not satisfactory for holding reliable elections, since current practice shows that there is no evidence to prove their truthfulness.…”

“…The application of the e-voting system can influence the existing political processes in the country and relates to critical security systems [5]. From this point of view, identifying and evaluating the security threats to e-voting is one of the topical issues for ensuring the transparency and citizen's involvement in democratic processes.…”