“The Guarantor”: A web‐centric system for organization and remote monitoring of election events

Abstract

Purpose

The research is aimed at developing an efficient electronic voting platform that would offer distinct advantages over traditional paper ballot voting and the available electronic voting systems.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on the analysis of the existing technologies and the authors' prior findings, electronic voting was approached as a public information and communication technologies service.

Findings

A new methodology of forming election event outcomes is proposed, which is based on the outcomes of internet transactions between web portals such as “The Guarantor” and millions of remote electors, voting event officials and independent observers (auditors). The paper presents the structure of a state‐scale voting system that collects, processes publishes the results of different election events.

Originality/value

The system can accept votes cast online by internet or SMS, by mail, via electronic kiosks and by special computer‐filled paper ballots at polling stations. The system also provides a number of new possibilities for network verification of voter registration and the individual votes without compromising the voters' privacy. A model implementation of a web portal for remote monitoring of election events and individual outcome verification is presented.

Citation

Ablameiko, S., Kalosha, N., Lipen, D. and Lipen, V. (2011), "“The Guarantor”: A web‐centric system for organization and remote monitoring of election events", Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 56-67. https://doi.org/10.1108/17506161111114653