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Practical Security of Large-Scale Elections: An Exploratory Case Study of Internet Voting in Estonia

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The Estonian parliamentary election in 2007 is regarded as a success story of large-scale Internet elections. I use this election in a single case study on practical security to show that low quality of security and its management does not necessarily prevent large-scale Internet elections from being conducted. I also provide research propositions with regard to future challenges for large-scale Internet elections.

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Schryen, G. (2009). Practical Security of Large-Scale Elections: An Exploratory Case Study of Internet Voting in Estonia. In: Weinhardt, C., Luckner, S., Stößer, J. (eds) Designing E-Business Systems. Markets, Services, and Networks. WEB 2008. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01256-3_4

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