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A system of ensuring secret ballots and anonymous polls
Inside
From Problem Awareness to Solution
History of encounters with numerous purposefully organized cases of voting fraud. Formation of secure voting principles. The emergence of the idea. Technology development. Patents. Possibilities of use. Paths and conditions for promotion. Perspectives.
Aspects
All facets of voting problems
The costs associated with organizing and conducting the process of secret balloting during elections for heads of state, regional and municipal leaders, and parliamentarians at all levels—national, regional, and local—as they stood in the early 21st century. The problems and legal deviations inherent in this process. The computerization of the traditional secret voting process and attempts to modernize it, thereby solving its issues. The new problems introduced by computerization and the requirements for a voting system capable of resolving them
Outside
The context: proposals, solutions, laws
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.
Reference books
Reviews and lists
Complete list of web addresses of pages whose information is used on the site. Annotated list of companies and corporations. Annotated lists of patents and publications. Annotated list of important legislative acts and initiatives.
Discussion
Analyzing reality and designing the future
The section for publishing authors' judgments and conducting related discussion. Putting forward alternative ideas and concepts, and making arguments in support or refutation of them. Topics related to the subject of the website, including the introduction of secure secret online voting and the improvement of democracy through computerization.
News-archive
News reports since the site was founded
Newsfeed. Reports on votings marked by large scale or significant impact, substantial costs, accompanying scandals, or the use of computing technology and the internet. Innovations in voting procedures. Inventions and publications of new ideas. News of the Balloting.net project.