We, the Competence Center for Electronic Voting and Participation (E-Voting.CC), invite you to our “E-Voting Competition 2008” for the first time in Europe!

It will be held during the course of the 3rd International Conference on Electronic Voting in Bregenz, Austria.
The participants are called on to develop a system for internet elections, which complies with the Common Criteria Protection Profile for secure internet elections. It is essential to meet the fundamentals of the general, equal, secret, direct, free and personal rights for elections.

The challenge is solving the problem of distinctly identifying
the elector while securing the anonymity of the vote. The competition will determine which of the three final systems incorporates the optimal solution for the given security criteria.

The submission shall be processed via this website and sent via email at the latest (2008@e-voting-competition.at) until the 13th of June 2008.

■ A fully operational voting system must be submitted and must be accessible on the internet.

■ The software’s source code must be completely revealed.

■ Documentation of the software and all processes is compulsory.

■ The fundamentals of general, equal, secret, free, direct and personal elections must be met and secured.

■ The system shall facilitate the clearing of elections of unincorporated associations.

■ Please ensure WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) conformity for barrier free internet access.

Courtesy of the Internet Foundation Austria (IFA), we, the Competence Center for Electronic Voting and Participation (E-Voting.CC), invite you to our “E-Voting Competition 2008” for the first time in Europe! It will be held during the course of the 3rd International Conference on Electronic Voting in Bregenz, Austria.

The participants are called on to develop a system for internet elections, which complies with the Common Criteria Protection Profile for secure internet elections. It is essential to meet the fundamentals of the general, equal, secret, direct, free and personal rights for elections.
The challenge is solving the problem of distinctly identifying
the elector while securing the anonymity of the vote. The competition will determine which of the three final systems incorporates the optimal solution for the given security criteria.