Jonas af Sandeberg

General Elections via Internet

A system for secure voting via Internet in Sweden

Abstract

In this essay a system for voting via the Internet in Sweden is designed. To do this the current Swedish election system is examined. Research is also done on what technologies can be used to build such a system. Lastly systems already used for Internet voting in other countries are examined. Based on the result of the research a system for voting via the Internet in Sweden is designed. The system is designed to follow all safety regulations demanded by a democtratic election. The essay shows that it is possible to design a system for voting via the Internet in Sweden and also that such a system likely would increase the turnout in elections.