{"id":494,"date":"2017-05-23T20:09:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T19:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/security\/?p=494"},"modified":"2017-05-23T20:53:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T19:53:34","slug":"first-campus-trial-of-the-dre-ip-voting-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/security\/2017\/05\/23\/first-campus-trial-of-the-dre-ip-voting-system\/","title":{"rendered":"First campus trial of the DRE-ip voting system"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, we ran the first campus trial of a new e-voting system called DRE-ip. The DRE-ip system was initially published at ESORICS’16 (paper here<\/a>), and since then we have been busy developing a prototype. In our current implementation, the front end of the prototype consists of a touch-screen tablet (Google Pixel C), linked via Bluetooth to a thermal printer (EPSON TM-P80). The backend is a web server hosted in the campus of Newcastle University.<\/p>\n

The e-voting trial was conducted in front of the Students Union from 11:00 am to 2 pm. We managed to get nearly 60 people to try our prototype and\u00a0fill in a questionnaire. All users provided us useful and constructive feedback (which will take us a while to analyze in full detail). The general reception of our prototype has been very positive. The prototype worked robustly during the 3-4 hours trial. Apart from\u00a0the occasional slight delay in printing a receipt from the thermal printer, the system worked reliably without any problem. This is the first time that we put our theoretical design of an e-voting system into the practical test, and we are glad that it worked well to our expectation on the first trial.<\/p>\n

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During the trial, we asked the user to choose a candidate from the following choices: Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, Nicola\u00a0Sturgeon,\u00a0Tim Farron,\u00a0None of above . The tallying results are a bit surprising: Jeremy Corbyn won the most popular votes!\u00a0However, the voting question we used in our trial was meant to be a lighthearted choice. Our main aim was to test the reliability and usability of the prototype and to identify areas for improvements. Many users understood that.\u00a0\"results\"<\/a>Today’s trial was greatly helped by the nice weather, which is not that usual in Newcastle. Everyone from the project team tried their best. It was a great teamwork, and it was great fun. When we finished the trial, it was already past 2:00 pm. A relaxed lunch with beer and celebration drinks in our favorite Red Mezze restaurant is well deserved (which I should foresee no problem in justifying to the ERC project sponsor).<\/p>\n

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We plan to analyze and publish today’s trial results in the near future. Keep tuned.<\/p>\n

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