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Companies and corporations offering secret ballot services and their proposed solutions. Published and patented developments in secure voting technology. Legislation of different countries in the field of electronic voting and election computerization.

Corporate Proposals

     Companies involved in election digitization include, firstly, those specializing in the production and distribution of voting equipment, as well as the development and distribution of voting software—including for voter registration and authentication, voter notification, conducting elections, and storing information about upcoming and completed elections. Secondly, there are companies that provide election services, such as fully managing the voting process or supplying the equipment, software, and computing resources for conducting elections and preserving results. An analysis of their offerings indicates that they are primarily focused on niche and corporate segments

Patented ideas

     A review of inventions in the field of electronic voting reveals a multitude of partial solutions. Each is aimed at solving specific problems while ignoring the fundamental systemic trade-offs inherent in the architecture of all known online voting systems.

Political landscape

     The proliferation of electronic voting systems worldwide in the early 21st century. The situation concerning the protection of state interests through internet restrictions. The legislative framework underlying the use of secret online voting systems. Nuances of personal data protection within these systems. An analysis of global experience in implementing e-voting and the legal frameworks regulating it. The contradiction between two trends: growing legislative interest in online voting and the simultaneous tightening of data protection and cybersecurity regulations, which render many existing architectures unacceptable.

Technical Landscape

     The growth in the number of internet users and the functional capabilities of personal computing devices, which will reliably ensure the operation of our online voting system that requires every voter to have a device equipped with a front-facing camera and for all these devices to be interconnected.