Nicolas JaouenBusiness Development Manager Government IDApril 25, 2018

ID4Africa 2018E-voting: An analysis of scenarios and preconditions of success

Agenda

Infineon presentation

Definition of e-voting

Overview of technologies

Benefits and limitations of e-voting

Framework: legal, cultural and technical

E-voting as an application of an eID card

Wrap-up

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Agenda

Infineon presentation

Definition of e-voting

Overview of technologies

Benefits and limitations of e-voting

Framework: legal, cultural and technical

E-voting as an application of an eID card

Wrap-up

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Agenda

Infineon presentation

Definition of e-voting

Overview of technologies

Benefits and limitations of e-voting

Framework: legal, cultural and technical

E-voting as an application of an eID card

Wrap-up

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E-voting: what does it take?

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Political elections using electronic means for › recording, › casting › and counting votes

Agenda

Infineon presentation

Definition of e-voting

Overview of technologies

Benefits and limitations of e-voting

Framework: legal, cultural and technical

E-voting as an application of an eID card

Wrap-up

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Some of the e-voting technologies

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e-votingtechnologies

Mobile Tablet (Kenya)

E-voting booth (Peru)

DRE touchscreen machines (Philippines, USA, Venezuela)

Smartcard based (Estonia),as one variant of Internet voting

Agenda

Infineon presentation

Definition of e-voting

Overview of technologies

Benefits and limitations of e-voting

Framework: legal, cultural and technical

E-voting as an application of an eID card

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Benefits & limitations of e-voting

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› Lack of transparency / recounting

› Potential loss of control

› High investment costs

› Lack of standards

› High tech equipment

Limitations

› 1 person = 1 vote

› Difficulty of access / persons overseas / illiterate persons / language minorities

› Potential cost savings, faster counting & results, less manual handling, reduced fraud

› Opportunity for greenfield ID

Benefits

Agenda

Infineon presentation

Definition of e-voting

Overview of technologies

Benefits and limitations of e-voting

Framework: legal, cultural and technical

E-voting as an application of an eID card

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Preconditions for success of e-voting

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Legal &institutional

Cultural

Technical

Agenda

Infineon presentation

Definition of e-voting

Overview of technologies

Benefits and limitations of e-voting

Framework: legal, cultural and technical

E-voting as an application of an eID card

Wrap-up

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Virtual voting card

Smartphoneas card reader

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E-voting using smartphones

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Secure protocol mutual authentification eGov service

Blockchain and trust in e-voting

Before 2005 Today 2025 and beyond

The blockchain is a distributed database that maintains a continuously growing list of data records that are hardened against tampering and revision. Its mostfamous application – Bitcoin – is all about securely storing your personal signing(encryption) key.

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E-voting system can and shall use some Blockchain-related features,as it will help solving issues of mistrust & untransparent aspects.

Agenda

Infineon presentation

Definition of e-voting

Overview of technologies

Benefits and limitations of e-voting

Framework: legal, cultural and technical

E-voting as an application of an eID card

Wrap-up

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However it will not work without careful planning and being embraced within a larger scope of national e-Gov governance.

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E-voting can be

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