Per the association’s bylaws, three members of the election committee act as independent trustees. To prevent two of them from colluding to cook the results, each trustee holds a third of the cryptographic key material needed to decrypt results.

“Unfortunately, one of the three trustees has irretrievably lost their private key, an honest but unfortunate human mistake, and therefore cannot compute their decryption share,” the IACR said. “As a result, Helios is unable to complete the decryption process, and it is technically impossible for us to obtain or verify the final outcome of this election.”

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/11/cryptography-group-cancels-election-results-after-official-loses-secret-key/

#electronicvoting #evoting

Towards a New Electoral Reform in Paraguay

The Superior Court of Electoral Justice (TSJE) has consistently shown interest in integrating information and communication technologies (ICTs) into electoral processes since the early 2000s. From the use of rented electronic voting machines to the development of the Preliminary Electoral R

https://www.tedic.org/en/towards-a-new-electoral-reform-in-paraguay/

#Blog #Democracy #ElectronicVoting #Paraguay #PersonalData #TechnologyAndElections

New Virtual Course: «Technology and Elections»

If you are interested in understanding how technology is transforming electoral processes, especially in Paraguay, we invite you to participate in our new virtual course "Technology and Elections," which will take place from September 9 to 13, 2024. This course, completely free and in virtual format, is a unique oppor

https://www.tedic.org/curso_tecyelecciones/

#Blog #Democracia #ElectronicVoting #misinformation #ogbv #VotoElectrnico

We Ask Big Tech to protect people and elections

At TEDIC, we have joined more than 170 organizations in a call to social media advertisers to protect elections and human rights for all people.

Since 2023, we have been part of the Global Coalition for Tech Justice (GCTJ). This coalition, composed of over 17

https://www.tedic.org/en/we-ask-big-tech-to-protect-people-and-elections/

#Blog #Democracia #DerechosDigitales #ArtificialIntelligence #elections #ElectronicVoting #technology

The Influence Industry in paraguayan elections: The need for electoral reforms in Paraguay

With the support of Tactical Tech, we developed a project to explore the "Influence Industry" and the landscape of digital campaigns during the elections in Paraguay. After several months of research, this effort culminated

https://www.tedic.org/en/the-influence-industry-2/

#Blog #Democracia #DigitalCampaigns #elections #ElectronicVoting #InfluenceIndustry #Paraguay #PersonalData #PolicyBrief

Que tal voltarmos a discutir o rastro de auditoria em papel para nossas urnas? (já que o termo "voto impresso" virou tabu político)

Estava bem encaminhado até "politizarem" o problema e transformarem o "voto impresso" de "rastro impresso de auditoria" para "voto manual em papel sem urnas eletrônicas".

No mundo inteiro, urnas de modelo DRE, como as brasileiras, vem sendo eliminadas por não permitirem auditoria. Está na hora de nós também avançarmos nisso. Vejam esse exemplo de Porto Rico, onde o rastro de auditoria permitiu identificar um "bug" que gerava totalizações incorretas nas urnas.

#DRE #electronicvoting #evote #votingmachines #votoeletronic #urnaeletronica #votoimpresso #tse #votoauditável