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Official trials were conducted of a number of e-voting systems in the UK in 2002/3 and 2007 during local government elections, yet none of these test systems were subsequently used in any further elections, and all trials were suspended in 2008. We describe these trials, concentrating on the second more extensive 2007 trial, and how their results were received. Based on these events, we consider the key challenges involved in introducing current e-voting systems into the present system of UK national and local elections, and what general implications this may have for achieving practical take-up of e-voting within the UK.
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Clarke, D., Hao, F., Randell, B. (2012). Analysis of Issues and Challenges of E-Voting in the UK. In: Christianson, B., Malcolm, J., Stajano, F., Anderson, J. (eds) Security Protocols XX. Security Protocols 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7622. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35694-0_14
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