The voter and the system

Anonymous voting with pin codes

Online voting, with unique pin codes drawn blindly by the voters, breakes the connection between the voters and the voting system. Knowledge of who voted what does not exist, and therefore cannot be revealed. It is absolutely unique!

Also unique is that the voters, after voting, can trace all their actions with full preservation of anonymity.

For meetings with requirements for formal votes, general meetings, board meetings, parliamentary meetings, etc. ensuring anonymity when voting is of great importance. See Anonymous voting. Traditionally, ballot papers have been used, which are distributed, collected and counted manually. It is a difficult and time-consuming process, and the meeting is often prolonged unreasonably. Furthermore, the security in the system consists exclusively of the vote collectors and the vote counters. The individual voter has no way of checking whether his vote has been registered correctly. Also, changes agreed during the meeting cannot be on preprinted ballot papers.

Online systems can also be used, but they traditionally require voters to be registered in the system in order to vote. This breaks the anonymity. The system knows who voted for what. This knowledge is normally hidden from both the voters and the chairperson, but is found in the system and can be revealed by system error, user error or malicious abuse. In addition, the registration requirement can make voting difficult for those who do not bring an online device themselves.

The advantage of the new system - pinVote - is that the connection between the voters and the system is broken. Knowledge of who voted what does not exist, and therefore cannot be revealed.  Another advantage is full traceability with preservation of anonymity. 

Furthermore, any online device can easily be used at the meeting by those who do not bring one themselves, and the exact text voted on will always be on it.

Patent Pending