E-Voting Source Code Published by Estonia on GitHub

The European country of Estonia, the creator of the world's first nationwide Internet-based voting system, released its source code to the public through GitHub, the world's largest open source code repository. The Estonian government posted the source code of their E-Voting System or the Internet Voting System to silenced the critics of the program. According to Tarvi Martins, chairman of Estonia's Voting Committee, "This is the next step toward a transparent system." Martins said. He adds further that, "The idea, which was the result of joint discussion between numerous Estonian IT experts and the Electronic Voting Committee, was implemented today. We welcome the fact that experts representing civil society want to contribute to the development and security of the e-elections.” he stated. The interview was made on Friday, July 12, through ERR, Estonia’s national broadcaster. Martins and his colleagues put the entire source code on GitHub, and it was only made available after signing a confidentiality agreement. The Estonian government had a national voting via its Digital ID card since 2007. A Digital ID card is available to all Estonians and legal residents. The card uses open-source public key-private key encryption software (upgraded in 2011 to 2048-bit), which allows government agencies to perform various secure functions online connected with a citizen's identity. The government of Estonia began implementing Internet-based voting in local elections in 2005. Two years later, it was expanded to include national elections. Last 2009, during the European Parliament election, 15 percent of all votes cast were submitted online. It grew to almost 25% for the 2011 domestic parliamentary elections. As a security precaution, Estonian voters can submit their ballot as many times as they like during the e-voting window open the week before election day.

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