Solutions | Poll-Site e-Voting (DRE)|Pnyx.DRE

Pnyx.DRE ensures the integrity of the votes, voters' privacy, the auditability of election results, and offers a number of verification mechanisms that enable voters to check the correct casting and recording of their votes.  Pnyx.DRE is a cost-effective solution that allows reusing the PCs of the voting terminals after the election for other purposes (schools, libraries, etc.).

Designed to offer the highest security levels to electronic voting.

· Pnyx.DRE is a software that turns a standard PC into a secure e-voting terminal.
· Pnyx.DRE, as the other e-voting solutions developed by Scytl, derives from over 15 years of research in electronic voting security.
· The cryptographic protocols implemented by Pnyx.DRE are protected by international patents.

Pnyx.DRE ensures:

· The security of the voting system through advanced application-level cryptographic protocols.
· Voters' privacy and the integrity of the votes by eliminating the possibility of fraud and guaranteeing an adequate protection for the votes.
· Ease-of-use by means of a touch-screen interface and other advanced usability features.
· Accessibility for people with disabilities, allowing them to cast their votes with total privacy.
· An easy audit and certification of the voting system due to its architecture based on open and auditable
modules.
· Individual voter-verifiability through a variety of user-friendly verification mechanisms.
· Flexibility and adaptability to all types of

Pnyx.DRE guarantees secure, accessible and auditable elections

Main features:

· Flexibility. It can be easily adapted to all types of elections and is based on hardware (PCs) that can be reused after the election.
· Usability. It is designed to be user-friendly by means of an intuitive touch-screen interface.
· Accessibility. It is fully accessible for people with disabilities, allowing the casting and verification of the votes with total privacy.
· Adaptability. It can be easily integrated with existing identification and election management systems.
Cost-effectiveness. It is less expensive than conventional DREs and, additionally, allows reusing its components (PCs) for other purposes (schools, libraries).
· Multilanguage support.
· Transparency and Control. The entire process is auditable and is always under the control of the electoral authorities.
· Security. Each vote is encrypted and digitally signed to prevent tampering.
· Verifiability. It enables voters to individually verify that their votes were recorded as intended.
· Auditability. The software and all the Pnyx.DRE components are open for audits.

Pnyx.DRE offers several verification options to allow voters to individually check the correct casting and recording or their votes:
· Verification in the voting terminal.
· Verification in an independent device.
· Verification through the generation of a paper trail.
· Verification through the generation of a paper trail protected by cryptographic means (Pnyx.VVPAT).

Success Cases:

Victorian Electoral Commission (Australia)

Scytl, in partnership with Hewlett Packard (HP), provided poll-site electronic voting terminals (DREs) to the State of Victoria for its November 2006 parliamentary elections. The electronic voting terminals were fully accessible to people with physical disabilities, allowing for the first time blind and visually impaired voters to cast votes
with total privacy. The project received HP's 'SSD Highly Successful Projects Award'.

Ministry of Justice (Finland)

In 2007, after a thorough review process, the Ministry of Justice of Finland selected Scytl's electronic voting technology to supply secure, accessible and scalable e-voting terminals connected to central servers over the Internet for the 2008 Municipal Elections - Finland's first binding electronic voting elections.  The electronic voting system was used in 3 municipalities: Karkkila, Kauniainen and Vihti from 15 to 21 October and at the election day polling stations on 26 October.