Towards Trustworthy Elections

Election integrity is indisputably fundamental to democracy. Cryptography is also widely known to be a very effective way for senders to keep their messages secure during transport to the intended recipient. Can cryptography keep votes secure for voters, from vote casting all the way, through to inclusion of the vote in the final tally? This state-of-the-art survey gives a comprehensive view of the evolution of ideas on this challenge of applying cryptography to achieve the fundamental goal of election integrity. The 24 contributions were selected for inclusion from the presentations given during a seminal series of workshops on trustworthy elections taking place over the better part of a decade. This widely-accessible volume introduces and considers various ingenious schemes, and ultimately serves to argue the practicality of this promising possibility.