{"id":42498,"date":"2021-05-18T12:52:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T10:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.polyas.de\/ct_content_page_2\/individual-verification"},"modified":"2024-04-29T22:39:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:39:49","slug":"individual-verification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/security\/individual-verification","title":{"rendered":"Individual verification with POLYAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-2h0g7x4-de4ae1467e542757120a2c90fb2718d7 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1aizrzs-3ad0ae123c8bc0e6ed728408e1e10719\">\n.avia-image-container.av-1aizrzs-3ad0ae123c8bc0e6ed728408e1e10719 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-1aizrzs-3ad0ae123c8bc0e6ed728408e1e10719 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-1aizrzs-3ad0ae123c8bc0e6ed728408e1e10719 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image- avia-img-lazy-loading-not- avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/individual-verification.jpg\" alt='' title=''   itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltsofnzg-e00b2b2a0be9be2e3c09c71bd36eb6b0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Individual verification with POLYAS<\/h1>\n<p>POLYAS offers various verification methods so that, after voting, your eligible voters can check that their completed ballot arrived in the digital ballot box as intended. These methods can be booked as modules depending on the assessment of security risks around a digital election.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltymfqmc-a7e66dfd12d3c3a0f73a2f3629a0358f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Verification codes for checking your own vote <\/h2>\n<p>Individual checks by using verification codes are available with POLYAS Live Voting and also with the online elections. This allows eligible voters to check whether their vote is listed in the election results as they intended (Tallied-as-Cast Verification). This verification method alone does not offer comprehensive protection against every conceivable risk and is most suitable if the election procedure is trusted in principle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How verification codes work<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter casting their vote, eligible voters receive a downloadable receipt that contains the multi-digit code (signed hash) for their encrypted ballot. This code can be used to identify the ballot in the ballot box; each verification code exists once only. However, nobody else can know who this ballot paper is assigned to, so voting secrecy is preserved.<\/p>\n<p>After the election, the election management publishes a list of all of the codes with their associated votes. Eligible voters can use this list to check whether their code is included in the list and whether the associated voting decision is listed correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, the election management is also free to publish just the list of verification codes. Eligible voters can check whether their code appears in the list and thus know that their vote was received.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltymg7xp-b78053bb5458bc6df78350d079a20a72 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Individual verification using a second device <\/h2>\n<p>This involves using a second device to check whether the vote was cast correctly. In this way, it is possible to verify that the first device was free of malware and that the vote cast in the POLYAS ballot box corresponds to the voter\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>The application is provided and operated by POLYAS. For elections with very high security requirements, this can be handled by an independent service provider. This method of verification is currently available only for POLYAS Online Voting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the second device works<\/strong><br \/>\nThe device used for voting shows each eligible voter an individual QR code after they have cast their vote. This QR code contains encrypted proof that the ballot paper was transferred to the ballot box correctly.<br \/>\nThe eligible voter can now use a second device (e.g. a smartphone) to scan the QR code and access a POLYAS web app, where they can use their login data to authenticate themselves again. After successful authentication in the web app, the proof of voting is now decoded and the voter is shown their selection (ballot paper in the ballot box) as plain text.<\/p>\n<p>To prevent the displayed ballot paper from being used as a receipt for vote buying, it can be modified in the display on the second device. Subsequent modification does not affect the actual ballot cast in the ballot box. The verification protocol of this method is structured in such a way that the voting secrecy is maintained unless a voter passes on their personal login data to third parties.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ltzjiloq-ca07d89252e665da6549c35602240f27\">\n.av_promobox.av-ltzjiloq-ca07d89252e665da6549c35602240f27{\ncolor:#000000;\nbackground:#e8f8f8;\nborder-color:#ededed;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av_promobox av-ltzjiloq-ca07d89252e665da6549c35602240f27 avia-button-no'><div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-46677 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2024-03-20-um-09.15.04-80x80.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2024-03-20-um-09.15.04-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2024-03-20-um-09.15.04-36x36.png 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>POLYAS TIP:<\/strong>&nbsp;Every eligible voter can independently check the election result after a digital election with POLYAS. In addition to universal verification, various options for individual verification are currently being developed for the POLYAS CORE 3 Online Voting System.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/security\/election-results-verification\">More information can be found here<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/security\/election-results-verification\">&nbsp;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n       <section  class='av_textblock_section av-wz0wl4-34aab32a2d0f1ae4906b93362ed1f18e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Outlook on individual verification with POLYAS<\/h2>\n<p>We want to strengthen trust in the integrity of digital voting and elections. To this end, we are developing cryptographic proof and security mechanisms that minimize all of the risks of voting and make all processes verifiable. Depending on the analyzed security level of a digital vote, security measures can be combined and booked as modules.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div> <div  class='flex_column av-1nz9rg8-75c54a224fb808df4d271da46d3d88ea av_one_third  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lu9i2vcx-f98b442447e01de64a594721f37db094\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-lu9i2vcx-f98b442447e01de64a594721f37db094{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-lu9i2vcx-f98b442447e01de64a594721f37db094 hr-invisible'><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltym5gx4-4b5d2bf9f8cb84828b4c30d830082a87 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock cnt2_sidemenu1'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><strong>Topics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/security\">Secure Online Voting with POLYAS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/security\/secure-authentication\">Secure authentication<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/security\/secrecy-of-the-ballot\">Secrecy of the Ballot with POLYAS Online Voting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/security\/secure-authentication\">Secure authentication<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-13shxaw-70ecde758ef09bd32c279342ccec690e hr-default'><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu9idg7z-bf603fd1ba39051b13a329fc88d83331 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock cnt2_sidemenu2'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><strong>Further information<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/features\">Features of Online Voting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about-polyas\/research\">Electoral Research at POLYAS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about-polyas\/digital-democracy\">POLYAS vision: Digital democracy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42498","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v25.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Individual verification with POLYAS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get to know the methods for individual verification at POLYAS and learn more about the security of virtual elections and voting.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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