Pnyx.labour
is the Internet voting platform especially designed by Scytl for labour
union elections in large corporations and for elections to governmental bodies of
professional associations, universities and other institutions with a large number
of members. It allows the organization of electoral processes in a simple, secure
and cost-effective manner by means of a simple web browser or a mobile phone.
Compared to conventional paper-based consultation
processes, Pnyx.labour provides
the following advantages:
- Scalability and cost 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 votes.
- More information available for
the voter, including media and dynamic contents
in different languages.
- Higher flexibility by allowing
last minute changes at an 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.
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.en el cliente.
- 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.