Specification of a Voting Service Provider

Abstract

Service Provider for remote electronic elections. [8] introduced the concept of the Voting Service Provider, a professional and qualified trusted third party which operates a secure remote electronic election on behalf of the election host. The intention is to release the election host of the complex operation of an electronic voting system thereby enabling secure and practical electronic elections. In this paper we consider a specific election scenario to specify a Voting Service Provider in detail. We show how its architecture and processes have to be set up in this scenario. We propose safeguards for the implementation of the security requirements towards the operational environment based on IT-Grundschutz. Our specification shows how to put the Voting Service Provider concept into practice. Additionally, it can be used as a basis for evaluation purposes.