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www.oasis-open.org. UK LEADS THE ADOPTION OF E-VOTING STANDARDS John Borras Chair Election & Voter Services Technical Committee. Development of e-Voting Standards. OASIS TC History Formed March 2001 election.com, Accenture, Microsoft

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  1. www.oasis-open.org UK LEADS THE ADOPTION OF E-VOTING STANDARDSJohn BorrasChair Election & Voter Services Technical Committee

  2. Development of e-Voting Standards • OASIS TC History • Formed March 2001 • election.com, Accenture, Microsoft • Chair since Aug 2001- UK Gov’t (Office of e-Envoy now Local e-Government Standards Body) • Committee Membership • Governments, Corporations, Election Services providers, Academia

  3. Committee Charter • The purpose of the Election and Voter Services Technical Committee is to develop a standard for the structured interchange of data among hardware, software, and service providers who engage in any aspect of providing election or voter services to public or private organizations.

  4. Why Interchange Standards? • Need for information to be exchanged at several points in the election process • Several parties involved • Need to service dissimilar systems and equipment • Voting has to be an open, transparent process

  5. Targeted Processes • Pre election • Declaration ofElections • Nominating Candidates • Formulating Referendum • Registration of Voters • Election • Casting ofVotes • Post election • DeclaringResults • Audit • Analysis

  6. Deliverable - EML • Process and Data Requirements • Outlines voting processes • Identifies data requirements • Contains glossary of terms • Addresses security issues • XML Schemas • Overview of approach taken in preparing the schemas • 38 Individual schemas

  7. Security Key security requirements addressed in EML are: • Identity authentication • Right to vote authentication • Vote sealing and non-repudiation of vote accuracy • Vote confidentiality • Voting Audit

  8. EML Localisation • Need to localise EML to reflect national circumstances • Restrict certain parts, and/or add local elements • ‘Schematron’ used to handle and apply localisations • EML(UK) prepared for use in UK pilots

  9. Future TC work • Future versions of EML to reflect experiences learnt from UK and other pilots • Accommodate other types of election systems • Develop compliance accreditation processes • Ongoing enhancements and review to accommodate any changes in voting policies/legislation • Move EML to an OASIS Standard and then ISO Standard

  10. E-Voting in the UK • Aim: An e-enabled General Election some time after 2006 • Supervised Kiosk voting and remote unsupervised Internet voting • Multi-channel: Internet,Telephone, SMS, Digital TV, Polling stations, Post • Pilots testing systems for security and reliability, and building voter confidence

  11. Critical Success Factors • Making voting more straightforward for the public and more aligned to everyday life • Making elections more accessible, more convenient and more attractive • Maintaining public confidence in the security of the systems • Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of electoral administration • Contain costs • Improve turn out

  12. E-Voting Pilots in the UK • 2002 pilots • 9 English local council wards • multi channels • 2003 pilots • 19 English local councils • multi channels • Future • Further types of elections, eg County Councils, GLA, European, Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly

  13. Related Activity • CORE (Coordinated On-line Register of Electors) project • Council of Europe Directive

  14. CORE Project Scope • Project led by ODPM, launched 15 Jan 2004 • Two phases • standardise local electronic electoral registers • support rolling registrations and support multi-channelled, e-enabled elections via national link up of registers • Phase 1 concluded - registers must be EML compliant by April 2006. New Spec published and suppliers tasked with upgrading their products • Phase 2 awaiting approval

  15. CoE Project • 43 countries, larger membership than EU • Objective to set standards for e-voting at legal, operational and technical levels • Members’ requirements for their election systems fed into EML v4 • Ministerial directive Dec ‘04 • Recommends EML as core technical standard

  16. John Borrasjohn.borras@legsb.gov.ukOASIS TCwww.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=electionEML (UK)www.govtalk.gov.uk/schemasstandards/schemalibrary_schema.asp?schemaid=201

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