free e-voting software available?!

My department would like to conduct departmental votes in
some automated way.
We're looking for free software, (or modestly-priced
software) to do this.

Anyone know of such a thing?  I've done some searching
without any luck.

We don't have the usual requirements of a full-blown voting
package
(for example, we don't need to ensure that Alice cannot
prove whom she
voted for later on; this is a typical requirement of voting
schemes).

We are not voting on earth-shattering events, so it doesn't
have to be
perfect.  We just want to improve on the "email your
votes to the secretary"
approach.

If nothing suitable is out there, I'll likely get a student
to write something
and put it into the public domain.

john//

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John R. Black wrote:

> My department would like to conduct departmental votes
in some automated way.
> We're looking for free software, (or modestly-priced
software) to do this.
> 
> Anyone know of such a thing?  I've done some searching
without any luck.
> 

Query your search engine for Punchscan, a design led by the 
distinguished cryptographer David Chaum, e.g. 
http://
vote.cs.gwu.edu/vsrw2006/papers/9.pdf.

Apparently, their development project is aimed at
educational votations 
as an operational proof-of-concept.

Interesting project, cryptography application to voting
system without 
number theory or secret key cipher design.

Have fun.


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For non-commercial use, ZMAIL offers free voting software
and service. The secure ballot may have a Release Time
(cannot
be read before) and an Expiration Time (cannot be read
after),
defining when voting begins and ends. Verified voter
registration is included. Candidates and voters know that
the
votes will remain secret until the election closes, and can
be
verified, without the need to trust a third-party or proxy
service.
For small elections, the received ballots can be printed and
manually tallied, with or without identifying voter
information,
as desired. The printed ballots can be audited and stored.

For large elections, or for commercial use, the entire
election work
can be automated and third-party audited.

More info at:
   http://zvote.z
sentry.com/zelection.htm
Election Manager and Voter registration at:
   https:/
/zsentry.com/mail/premiumsecurity.html

Cheers,
Ed Gerck

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