About Scytl | FAQs

01) What is Scytl?

Scytl Secure Electronic Voting (Scytl) is an international technology company focused on developing and implementing state-of-the-art e-voting and electoral modernization solutions worldwide. Its technology includes unique features that foster citizen participation and government efficiency while ensuring the highest standards of security, privacy and trust.

01) What is electronic voting?

Electronic voting consists in the casting of votes by electronic means rather than traditional means such as paper ballots or postal ballots.

01) How does Scytl provide end-to-end security in the voting process?

Scytl's solution provides end-to-end security (i.e., from the individual voters to the Electoral Board), preventing internal attacks from system administrators. Votes are encrypted and digitally signed by voters in the voters' voting devices (e.g., PCs) before they are cast. The private key to decrypt the votes is divided in shares and these shares are distributed to the Electoral Board members before the election begins. The private key is destroyed in this splitting process and, therefore, does not exist during the election. At the end of the election, a pre-defined minimum number of Electoral Board members have to meet to reconstruct the private key and decrypt the votes.