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1. What
are the main differences between CyberVote and the other electronic
voting systems ?
2. Will
the CyberVote system be free ?
3. How
will I get the CyberVote System ?
4. Will
the CyberVote system be the same for all the European countries ?
5. When will be
organised the first official public election via Internet ?
6. Will it be possible
to get some help (hot-line) if needed ?
7. How
much will it cost me to cast my vote using CyberVote ?
8. Is CyberVote a system
that we can buy or is it a service ?
9. How to be sure that
Internet will increase the participation rate ?
10. When will I be able
to use CyberVote ?
11. Will
the CyberVote software sources be public ?
12. Who
will be authorised to look at the CyberVote software sources ?
13. Will
it possible that the cost of an election organised with the CyberVote
system is higher that the cost of a nowadays election ?
14. Does
the CyberVote exist ?
15. When
will the CyberVote system be available on the market ?
16. Where
will I get the CyberVote system ?
17. How
CyberVote is different from the other voting projects / initiatives ?
18. What
will be the cost of an election organised with the CyberVote system ?
19. What
is NOT CyberVote ?
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also the frequently asked questions on :
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of the system
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and cryptology
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What are the
main differences between CyberVote and the other electronic voting
systems ?
See (*).
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Will the
CyberVote system be free ?
The objective of the CyberVote project
is to develop a prototype of an e-voting system (see *).
This prototype is only intended for
trial elections and will not be distributed outside the consortium.
Should a product be developed, the
terms and conditions of use of this product should then be defined.
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How will I get
the CyberVote System ?
From the voter viewpoint, he/she will
not get the CyberVote system. The voter will be required to connect
him/herself to the CyberVote server where
he/she will have to follow the indications to cast his/her vote.
From the administration viewpoint, user
partners involved in the CyberVote will get a CD-ROM with the CyberVote
prototype. This software will then be installed and configured to run
the trial elections.
Apart from these trial elections, no
other experiment will be carried out (see also *.
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Will the
CyberVote system be the same for all the European countries ?
The CyberVote prototype will be
designed to take into account the variety of European countries. This
very same prototype will be
installed in France, Germany and Sweden to carry out several trial
applications.
Should a CyberVote product be developed
after the completion of this project, one can expect than the same
approach would be followed.
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When will be
organised the first official public election via Internet ?
Various announcements were made
recently and undoubtly, there will be a legally binding public election
in Europe during 2002.
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Will it be
possible to get some help (hot-line) if needed ?
CyberVote will provide on-line help. In
addition, a hot-line service will be set up during trial elections.
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How much will
it cost me to cast my vote using CyberVote ?
Casting a vote via CyberVote will cost
nothing to the voter but the Internet communication costs.
These costs should be compared to
travel costs (public transportation, car usage, etc...). The voters have
to support to go to and come back
from the polling station.
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Is CyberVote a
system that we can buy or is it a service ?
(See *)
Should a product be developed by a
company after the completion of this project, this company would be
responsible for selling licences of
this product or providing e-voting services.
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How to be
sure that Internet will increase the participation rate ?
Noone can ensure that e-voting will
increase the participation rate. However early experiments showed a real
interest for e-voting with
unprecedent participation rate. Besides, one could find obsolete to have
to go a designated polling station when
he/she can buy goods and services all over the planet thanks to new
relation regarding the Internet. Finally, the new
regulation regarding the decrease of working hours per week will allow
people to take more and more extra holiday that will be planned without
particular consideration to election
dates. Unless voting is allowed from any polling station, this might
lead to a lower participation rate.
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When will I be
able to use CyberVote ?
The CyberVote prototype will be ready
by the end of year 2002. Trial elections will then be conducted with
trial users.
Should a product be designed, such a
system could be available in 2003-2004.
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Will the
CyberVote software sources be public ?
Releasing the sources of the CyberVote
prototype in the public domain will be considered. Voters would probably
have a higher confidence in a
system which software sources are in the public domain. However at the
same time, criminals would have all the time
necessary to design a virus that could threaten the overall security.
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[Who will be
authorised to look at the CyberVote software sources ?
Certification authorities and user
representative authorities (e.q. CNIL in France) should be authorised to
look at the CyberVote software sources.
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Will it
possible that the cost of an election organised with the CyberVote
system is higher that the cost of a nowadays election ?
An election where CyberVote can be used
together with the traditional system is probably the most expensive
situation, especially if no voters
or only a very limited member of voters use the CyberVote system ! In
the other cases, it is expected to save money.
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Does the
CyberVote exist ?
The CyberVote prototype will be
developed and ready for trial elections by the end of year 2002. Should
a product be developed after the completion
of the project, this product could be available in 2003-2004.
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When will the
CyberVote system be available on the market ?
See (*).
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Where will I
get the CyberVote system ?
Same as (*).
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How CyberVote
is different from the other voting projects / initiatives ?
The CyberVote consortium has released a
report on electronic democracy projects, legal issues of Internet voting
and users (i.e. voters and authorities representatives) requirements
analysis (refered as D4V1), which
gives an overview of other voting projects / initiatives. Differences
between these projects and CyberVote are explained.
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What will be
the cost of an election organised with the CyberVote system ?
Current figures tend to indicate that
it is 1 Euro per voter but of course this will depend on the marketing
policy of the company selling the
CyberVote product or services. Such as a company does not exist today.
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What
is NOT CyberVote ?
CyberVote is NOT a commercially available system. CyberVote is a
research prototype that will be ready for trial elections by the end of
year 2002. If this prototype proves successful, partners of the
CyberVote project could decide to develop a commercial Internet voting
system. In any case, this would be outside the scope of the current
CyberVote project.
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See
also the frequently asked questions on :
Use
of mobile phones
Use
of the system
Security
and cryptology
Legal
Aspects
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