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A storm in a teacup (Swiss Post article)

2018/11/09: Swiss Post article by Kevin Chollet reacting to the disclosure of a flaw in the Geneva e-voting system.Read more

E-Voting (Federal Chancellery document)

2019/08/29: Swiss Federal Chancellery official document on E-Voting in SwitzerlandRead more

Prise de position sur la modification de la Loi fédérale sur les droits politiques (passage à la mise en exploitation du vote électronique) ICT Switzerland

2019/04/15: ICT Switzerland's statement on the amendment of the Federal Act on Political Rights (transition to the use of electronic voting). ICT Switzerland's opposes the transition to e-voting into regular operation and argues for more testing. Read more

Erreur manifeste dans la solution de vote électronique développée par la Poste et Scytl. Quelles conséquences la Chancellerie fédérale en tire-t-elle? (Swiss Parliament Question)

2019/03/13: Balthasar Glättli, member of the Swiss National Council, submitted questions to the Federal Chancellery concerning the safety and the future of e-voting after a trapdoor was found in the system by security researchers 

The Federal Chancellery's answer was...Read more

Summary of the Review of Electronic Voting Protocols, Models and Proofs

2017/05/24: results of audit (01-05.2017) of models and proofs of Swiss Post/Scytl's Electronic Voting Protocol. 

We summarize here our main conclusion: the proofs are conformant to requirements of the Bundeskanzlei (Chapter 5.1 ).

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Pour le développement d'un système de vote électronique en mains publiques au niveau national ou intercantonal (Swiss Parliament

2019/09/17: Initiative submitted by the Canton of Geneva : The Grand Council of the Republic and Canton of Geneva asks the Federal Assembly to legislate with a view to creating a structure bringing together the Confederation and the cantons, responsible for the development and operation of an...Read more

Vote électronique. Un test public dʼintrusion aura lieu en février et en mars 2019 (Federal Chancellery communication)

2019/02/07: Swiss Federal Chancellery communication announcing the Public Intrusion Test to be launched by Swiss Post for its e-voting systemRead more

Release of source code leads to discovery of flaw in Swiss Post’s new e-voting system (Federal Chancellery press release)

2019/03/12: Federal Chancellery official press release about the flaws found in the Swiss Post e-voting system. The Federal Chancellery calls for Swiss Post to review and improve it's system's security process and "will review the relevant certification and authorization procedures." The...Read more

Glossaire sur le vote électronique (Swiss Federal Chancellery)

2019/06 : Glossary on e-voting by the Swiss Federal ChancelleryRead more

Diese Argumente haben das E-Voting in der Schweiz gestoppt (Swiss Info article)

2019/08/02: Swiss Info article on the story of e-voting in Switzerland + interview of Democracy expert Renat Kuenzi

Die Geschichte von E-Voting in der Schweiz ist die eines kühnen Traums mit Bruchlandung. Das Schicksal dieses Projektes ist

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NSW Electoral Commission iVote and Swiss Post e-voting (NSW media release)

2019/03/12: NSW electoral commission confirms being aware of vulnerabilities found in Swiss Post e-voting system and affirms that it does not affect their use of iVote for the NSW State Election.Read more

Système de vote électronique de la Poste - Expériences et revers sur le chemin vers un système complètement fiable (La Poste presentation)

2019/04/15: Presentation by Denis Morel, public service digital responsible for La Poste, on the Swiss Poste e-voting system. Presentation given during the seminar on Legal Informatics in Macolin. Read more

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