Northern European nations not only hit peak numbers in terms of internet users but also reveal themselves to be forerunners in the implementation of digital services. For instance, the Finnish Ministry of Justice recently announced that a labour association will be evaluating the usage of online voting in future referendums in Finland. Continue reading
22 April is Earth Day, a time to think about protecting the environment. However, environmental protection measures need not always require cutting back. It is worth questioning common daily routines and using modern technology. Take voting and ballots for instance: Online elections cause a significantly lower level of emissions of the greenhouse gas CO2 than […]
The trip to the polling place can become a great challenge for people with physical disabilities. Voting online, however, makes it easier for disabled, sick or elderly individuals to partake in elections. In some cases voting online is the only way these people can exercise their right to vote. Only very recently was the Federal Republic of Germany rebuked for showing far too little progress in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – and that is at all levels, in nearly all areas.
The Berlin headquarters of POLYAS GmbH moved into their new office spaces in the centre of Berlin today. POLYAS’ offices are now located at Alte Jakobstraße 88 in 10179 Berlin-Mitte . Thanks to this central location, POLYAS is now more accessible to visitors. These new spaces are also in the direct vicinity of the Bundesdruckerei, […]
POLYAS supports Master student Karola Marky’s research work in the field of liquid democracy with Dr. Melania Volkamer at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. The joint project VALID (Verifiable Liquid Democracy) was covered.
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This past Sunday, a new parliament was elected in Estonia. Just like in Germany the voters were able to cast their ballots before the actual election date. Yet while the only option here is the postal vote, in Estonia the voters are able to cast their ballots online as well. This year’s election saw nearly every fifth Estonian voter taking the opportunity to vote online – a new record.
While online media simplify people’s lives in almost all aspects in the digital society of the 21st century, one of humanity’s greatest achievements continues to be conducted manually. Yet customary ballot and postal votes are costly, complicated and effortful. Thankfully there are already alternatives with which the benefits of the digital world can also be […]
Moritz Strube, Chief Technical Officer of POLYAS GmbH, has been invited by Prof. Dr. Ralf Küsters, Professor for Information Security and Cryptography at the University of Trier to analyse the current state of online elections and present the online voting service POLYAS. The lecture was given on December 8th at the University of Trier.
For ten years now, international experts on electronic voting have been holding an annual meeting in Bregenz on Lake Constance. Their conference, the EVOTE, now numbers among the most renowned congresses on the subject and contains a multitude of scientific presentations and exciting practical reports from the field of digital election procedures.
Moritz Strube, Technical Director of POLYAS, held a presentation on the history, present and future of the online voting system at INFORMATIK 2014. POLYAS has been successfully implemented for elections in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Finland since 1996. To date approximately 2.2 million ballots have been cast with the online software. In recent years the […]
The expert conference on administrative informatics and the legal informatics of the German Informatics Society (GI e.V. (Symposium on Administrative Information and Legal Systems)) was held in Berlin on 20 March 2014. With the topic “Secure online voting with E-POSTIDENT and POLYAS”, POLYAS presented the interface for identifying authorised voters with E-POSTIDENT. This interface facilitates the clear […]
With a workshop on the topic “Security solutions for online voting”, POLYAS participated in the fourth international meeting of national electoral commissions in Tbilisi, Georgia. At this congress from 24-26 February in Tbilisi, organised by the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies ICPS, there is a close exchange of national electoral commissions on the possibilities and […]