Organisation of electronic voting system

[RT I, 24.05.2024, 1 – entry into force 03.06.2024]

(1) The electronic voting system consists of the following components:

1)  the voter component that allows a voter to make a choice using the voter application, encrypt it, digitally sign it, and send the electronic vote to the collector component referred to in clause 3 of this subsection; 

2)  the vote verification component that allows a voter to verify the complete delivery of their electronic vote; 

3)  the collector component that allows a voter to cast an electronic vote and receives electronic votes, whereby the collector responds to requests to verify the integrity of the vote cast by the voter and the collector service provider digitally signs the electronic ballot box hash and sends the electronic ballot box and logs to the processor;

4) the processor component that enables the processing of electronic votes collected during the voting period, the verification of digital signatures and of the integrity of the data received from the collector, the removal of any duplicate electronic votes so that the last vote cast by the voter is retained, and the annulment of electronic votes cast by voters who voted with a ballot paper, whereby the component also enables the anonymisation of electronic votes by removing personal data from them, the sorting of electronic votes by districts, the cryptographic mixing of votes, and the sending of electronic votes for counting;

5) the reader component that allows anonymous and cryptographically mixed votes to be opened and aggregated into the electronic voting result.

(2) The information systems auditor verifies the compliance of the test voting of the electronic voting system, system integrity and the operations of the State Electoral Office with the law and with the technical documentation on electronic voting. The State Electoral Office enters into an appropriate agreement for the audit of the electronic voting system.

(3) The electronic voting system uses the following services:

1) the identification service used to identify the voter;

2) the signature service, i.e. a service depending on the signature-creation device that assists the voter in signing and obtaining the online certificate status protocol for the digital signature;

3) the registration service, i.e. a service that registers and validates each encrypted and signed vote successfully received by the collector component, and during which a timestamp is generated.

(4) The State Electoral Office may enter into an appropriate service agreement in order to provide the identification, signature and registration service. [RT I, 24.05.2024, 1 – entry into force 03.06.2024]