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Pnyx.government is the secure Internet voting platform especially designed by Scytl for the Public Sector.

It allows the organization of all kinds of electoral processes (elections, referendums, surveys, citizen consultations, etc.) in a simple, secure and reliable manner by means of a simple web browser or a mobile phone.

Compared to conventional paper-based consultation processes, Pnyx.government provides the following advantages:

• Scalability Internet voting breaks the correlation between the size of the electoral roll and the cost of the election.
• Higher speed and accuracy in the vote counting process.
• Greater precision in the results, since integrity measures prevent any accidental or voluntary loss or modification of the votes.
• More information available for the voter, including media and dynamic contents in different languages.
• Increased flexibility by allowing last minute changes at almost negligible cost.
• Greater accessibility. Remote participation from any device connected to the Internet or any mobile device.
• Same level of security and trust,as the conventional paperbased electoral processes.

Main Features

Accessibility

• Accessible from any device connected to the Internet or mobile device.
• Voters do not need to install any specific software; they only need a web browser supporting Java.
• Results are accessible and verifiable from the Internet with a web browser.
• Can be used remotely from any place connected to Internet or from supervised locations (polling stations).
  
  
  

Platform Functionality

• Provides dynamic contents to participants.
• Provides an intuitive and user friendly interface.
• Different tallying methods can be used. (Hondt’s , Preferential, First Past the Post, etc.).
• It can be easily integrated with conventional paper-based electoral systems.
• Free text can be entered (open lists, opinions).
• Allows for blank votes.

Delivery models

• Two management models:
  
  • ASP Model: system provided and managed by Scytl and/or its partners.
  • License Model: the system is licensed and installed at the client’s site.

Security and Trust

• Only properly authenticated voters can participate.
• Voter privacy is assured.
• Full integrity of the results, without the possibility of anyone, not even Scytl or the system administrators, modifying them.
• Secrecy of partial results.
• Every voter can individually verify that his/her vote has been properly counted.
• The verification system does not allow coercion or vote-selling.
• Control of the process is entirely in the hands of the Electoral Board, and cannot be manipulated by system technicians with privileged access to the voting servers.