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The Past, Present, and Future of American Election Security: A Survey

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  • The widespread adoption of computerized systems around the turn of the century as a means of more efficiently conducting elections introduced more issues than these computer systems were intended to address. Though many of these flaws were not considered for years or decades after the introduction of digital election infrastructure, it has recently become apparent that a minimal emphasis was placed on securing these systems. As a result, the election hardware on which America conducts its elections today is largely insecure and antiquated. This has sparked a series of recommendations for modern technological systems to take the place of older, insecure machines. Often, however, the novel approaches to election security neglect some of the most important attributes of a trustworthy election such as an authoritative paper trail and the requirement of voter privacy. As a result, many proposed solutions offer no more security or trustworthiness than the status quo. In this paper, we present the background for -- and security of -- the current state of US election technology. We use this background to consider propositions for futuristic election schemes, and examine these against the characteristics of a secure, trustworthy election.
  • Key Words: US Elections, Election Security, End to End Verifiability, Blockchain Voting
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