Timeline of Punchscan Election Procedures
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Election Specification July 11th, 2007 |
The ballot template is created. The number of contests and candidates as well as the type of race (first past the post, etc) is specified (ElectionSpec). | Ballot Template [PDF] ElectionSpec.xml |
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Meeting One Commitments to Punchboard July 11th, 2007 |
The number of ballots to create and additional details are specified (MeetingOneIn). The Punchboard is created from trustees passwords. Commitments to the Punchboard are posted (MeetingOneOut). | MeetingOneIn.xml MeetingOneOut.xml |
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Meeting Two
Pre-Election Audit Challenge July 12th, 2007 (End of Day) |
At the end of the day, the stock market was sampled to randomly choose ballot serial numbers to be unsealed for the pre-election audit (Meeting2In). Meeting Two of the trustees is held, their passwords recreate the Punchboard and the challenged ballots are unsealed and published (Meeting2Out). | MeetingTwoIn.xml MeetingTwoOut.xml |
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Pre-Election Audit
July 12-18th, 2007 |
The data revealed during Meeting Two may independently verified (i.e. audited) using the Audit Tool.
See Chapters 2 and 3 of the VoComp submission for more details about the pre-election audit.
Instructions:
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Audit Tool Online Application [Source Code] |
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Voting
July 16th, 2007 |
Voters cast their votes. | |
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Meeting Three
July 16th, 2007 (End of Day) |
Once the polls close on voting day, all (encrypted) ballots cast during the voting period are assembled (Meeting3In). The trustees meet for the third time, mix and decrypt the ballots yielding the election results (Meeting3Out). The results of the election are tallied and posted. | MeetingThreeIn MeetingThreeOut |
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Online Receipt Check
July 16-18th, 2007 |
Once the results have been posted, voters may look up their ballot receipt online using the receipt checker to verify that what they hold in their hand (their ballot receipt) matches what's being shown on screen (i.e. what was used in the tally). | Receipt Checker |
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Meeting Four
July 17th, 2007 (End of Day) |
At the end of the day, the stock market is sampled to randomly choose one half of the decryption transformation (either left or right) to be revealed for each ballot (Meeting4In). Meeting Four of the trustees is held, their passwords recreate the Punchboard and the challenged decryption transformation are unsealed and published (Meeting4Out). | MeetingFourIn MeetingFourOut |
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Post-Election Audit
July 17-18th, 2007 |
The data revealed during meeting four may be independently verified (i.e. audited) using the Audit Tool. See Chapters 2 and 3 of the VoComp submission for more details about the post-election audit. | Audit Tool Online Application [Source Code] |