Stephan Fischli, Professor, Berner Fachhochschule, and Oliver Spycher, University of Fribourg
| Stephan Fischli |
Author Biography Stephan Fischli got his PhD in mathematics from the University of Bern in 1992. Since 1993 he is professor for computer science at the Bern University of Applied Science. His main interests are distributed systems. Since 2008 he is member of the E-voting research group. |
| Oliver Spycher |
Author Biography Oliver Spycher has graduated as MSc in Computer Science at the University of Berne in 2007. From 2007 to 2009 he had a position in the industry as a test manager, later site manager in Switzerland and Dubai, respectively. Since September 2009, he has a position as a research assistant and PhD student at the Informatics Department of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, and a position as a research assistant at the Department of Engineering and Information Technology of the Berne University of Applied Sciences (BFH-TI) in Biel, Switzerland. His main research interest lies in the area of electronic voting. Since June 2011, he also works for the Swiss Federal Chancellery. |
| Abstract "Baloti" is an online platform aiming at familiarizing foreign residents of Switzerland with their new political environment. The project is funded by the integration fund of the Swiss Confederation and carried out by an interdisciplinary team at the Zentrum für Demokatie in Aarau. As of September 2010, the platform will offer users to cast their electronic vote in the event of federal referendums. The ballot is meant to reflect the political opinion of foreign residents in a consultative manner. The Baloti platform integrates "Selectio Helvetica" as its E-voting system which was developed by the E-voting group of the Bern University of Applied Sciences. It results from the “Swiss Vote” project funded by the Hasler Foundation. We will present an outline of the E-voting protocol used in "Selectio Helvetica" and relate it to the security requirements that are specific to the domain of E-voting. Properties include individual and universal verifiability/auditability, secrecy of the ballot, proper authorization of votes and coercion-resistance. Further, we will describe how the implementation of “Selectio Helvetica” addresses the needs and restrictions given by the context of the Baloti project. |