Pressing the button for European elections: Verifiable e-voting and public attitudes toward internet voting in Greece

Alex Delis; Konstantina Gavatha; Aggelos Kiayias; Charalampos Koutalakis; Elias Nikolakopoulos; Lampros Paschos; Mema Rousopoulou; Georgios Sotirellis; Panos Stathopoulos; Pavlos Vasilopoulos; Thomas Zacharias; Bingsheng Zhang

doi:10.1109/EVOTE.2014.7001141

Pressing the button for European elections: Verifiable e-voting and public attitudes toward internet voting in Greece

Alex Delis, Konstantina Gavatha, Aggelos Kiayias, Charalampos Koutalakis, Elias Nikolakopoulos, Lampros Paschos, Mema Rousopoulou, Georgios Sotirellis, Panos Stathopoulos, Pavlos Vasilopoulos, Thomas Zacharias, Bingsheng Zhang

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Abstract

We present the initial set of findings from a pilot experiment that used an Internet-based end-to-end verifiable evoting system and was held during the European Elections 2014 in Athens, Greece. During the experiment, which took place on May 25th 2014, 747 people voted with our system in special voting stations that were placed outside two main polling places in Athens, Greece. The election mimicked the actual election that was taking place which included a great number of parties. After casting their ballot, voters were invited to complete online a postelection questionnaire that probed their attitudes towards evoting. In total, 648 questionnaires were collected. We present a description of the experiment and a regression analysis of our results. Our results suggest that acceptance of the e-voting system was particularly high especially among the most educated, the technologically adept but also -somewhat surprisingly- older generations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2014 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting
Subtitle of host publication	Verifying the Vote - IEEE Proceedings EVOTE 2014
Editors	Robert Krimmer, Melanie Volkamer
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9783200036970
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EVOTE.2014.7001141
State	Published - Jan 1 2015
Event	6th International Conference on Electronic Voting, EVOTE 2014 - Lochau / Bregenz, Austria Duration: Oct 28 2014 → Oct 31 2014

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Name	2014 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting: Verifying the Vote - IEEE Proceedings EVOTE 2014

Conference

Conference	6th International Conference on Electronic Voting, EVOTE 2014
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Lochau / Bregenz
Period	10/28/14 → 10/31/14

Keywords

Greece
e-voting
public opinion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
Public Administration

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Delis, A., Gavatha, K., Kiayias, A., Koutalakis, C., Nikolakopoulos, E., Paschos, L., Rousopoulou, M., Sotirellis, G., Stathopoulos, P., Vasilopoulos, P., Zacharias, T., & Zhang, B. (2015). Pressing the button for European elections: Verifiable e-voting and public attitudes toward internet voting in Greece. In R. Krimmer, & M. Volkamer (Eds.), 2014 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting: Verifying the Vote - IEEE Proceedings EVOTE 2014 Article 7001141 (2014 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting: Verifying the Vote - IEEE Proceedings EVOTE 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/EVOTE.2014.7001141

Pressing the button for European elections: Verifiable e-voting and public attitudes toward internet voting in Greece. / Delis, Alex; Gavatha, Konstantina; Kiayias, Aggelos et al.
2014 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting: Verifying the Vote - IEEE Proceedings EVOTE 2014. ed. / Robert Krimmer; Melanie Volkamer. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7001141 (2014 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting: Verifying the Vote - IEEE Proceedings EVOTE 2014).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Delis, A, Gavatha, K, Kiayias, A, Koutalakis, C, Nikolakopoulos, E, Paschos, L, Rousopoulou, M, Sotirellis, G, Stathopoulos, P, Vasilopoulos, P, Zacharias, T & Zhang, B 2015, Pressing the button for European elections: Verifiable e-voting and public attitudes toward internet voting in Greece. in R Krimmer & M Volkamer (eds), 2014 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting: Verifying the Vote - IEEE Proceedings EVOTE 2014., 7001141, 2014 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting: Verifying the Vote - IEEE Proceedings EVOTE 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting, EVOTE 2014, Lochau / Bregenz, Austria, 10/28/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/EVOTE.2014.7001141

Delis A, Gavatha K, Kiayias A, Koutalakis C, Nikolakopoulos E, Paschos L et al. Pressing the button for European elections: Verifiable e-voting and public attitudes toward internet voting in Greece. In Krimmer R, Volkamer M, editors, 2014 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting: Verifying the Vote - IEEE Proceedings EVOTE 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. 7001141. (2014 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting: Verifying the Vote - IEEE Proceedings EVOTE 2014). doi: 10.1109/EVOTE.2014.7001141

Delis, Alex ; Gavatha, Konstantina ; Kiayias, Aggelos et al. / Pressing the button for European elections : Verifiable e-voting and public attitudes toward internet voting in Greece. 2014 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting: Verifying the Vote - IEEE Proceedings EVOTE 2014. editor / Robert Krimmer ; Melanie Volkamer. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. (2014 6th International Conference on Electronic Voting: Verifying the Vote - IEEE Proceedings EVOTE 2014).

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