E-Vote-ID Conference

E-Vote-ID Conference

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The eleventh edition of the leading international event for e-voting experts taking place in Tallinn, 6-9 October 2026 Main page: https://www.e-vote-id.org/

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πŸ₯³ The paper β€žAccidentally Simulating Manipulation during Real Election - but hardly anyone cares?β€œ by Melanie Volkamer, Florian Moser and Tobias Hilt was awarded with the distinguished #paper #award in the practitioners track at this years @evoteid.bsky.social. @kit.edu

✨ What an incredible time at E-Vote-ID! A huge thank you to everyone who made this edition so special. We’re leaving inspired, and ready for what’s next! The journey continues… 🌎✈️ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ NEXT DESTINATION: TORONTO! 🍁 See you at there! πŸš€ #EVoteID26

πŸ” Technical Track: Session 4. This session explores privacy and security in electronic voting, from secure ranking-based systems to privacy-preserving opinion aggregation. Speakers: Feng Hao, Orfeas Stefanos Thyfronitis Litos, Florian Moser, Mihkel Solvak. #EVoteID26

🎀 Good morning, #EVoteID26! We’re starting the final day with a keynote exploring trust in technology and what it means for the future of elections. Keynote: β€œWho Do We Trust Now? Technology and Tomorrow's Elections” Speakers: Priit Vinkel, Ajay Patel. #EVoteID26

πŸ’¬ Panel The day concludes with a discussion on how election management bodies can connect academic research with practical tools, implementation and management. Speakers: Leontine Loeber, Vanessa Teague, Pascaline Krone, Carsten Schurmann. #EVoteID26

πŸ” Technical Track: Session 3. The afternoon technical session explores advances in election auditing and vote-counting methods. Speakers: Damjan Vukcevic, Jack Nolan. #EVoteID26

πŸ›‘οΈ Practitioners’ Track: Session 3. The final practitioners’ session of the day focuses on digital threats, election simulations and the challenges facing election management bodies. Speakers: Florian Moser, Pascaline Krone and Rokas Stabingis. #EVoteID26

🌍 Governance Track: Session 2. This session explores elections under attack and vulnerabilities in traditional ballot-counting technology, bringing together perspectives on resilience, security and election integrity. Speakers: Ferran Reyes, Aleksander Essex. #EVoteID26

πŸ—³οΈ Practitioners’ Track: Session 2. From non-interactive voting with veto to lessons from a nationwide blockchain-based referendum, this session brings practical experiences and new approaches to election technology. Speakers: Peter RΓΈnne, Felix Maduakor. #EVoteID26

🎀 Good morning, #EVoteID26! We’re kicking off Thursday with a keynote on one of the major challenges ahead for electronic voting: post-quantum security. πŸ” Keynote: β€œPost-quantum voting: What, Why, When, How?” Speaker: Kristian GjΓΈsteen. #EVoteID26

πŸ” Technical Track: Session 2. The afternoon technical session dives into new approaches to verifiable and coercion-resistant electronic voting, from deniable vote updating to tracker-based voting. Speakers: Janis Erdmanis, Leonardo Kimura and Rosario Giustolisi #EVoteID26

🌍 Practitioners’ Track: Session 1. From automated election administration in Hungary to result verification in Honduras, this session brings real-world election experience and practical approaches to the #EVoteID26 community. πŸ—³οΈ Speakers: Attila Nagy and Mario Novoa

πŸ—³οΈ Governance Track: Session 1. This session looks at how voters perceive election audits and technology, and how institutional trust, coercion and vote-buying shape perceptions of remote voting. Speakers: Christian Mack, David Duenas-Cid and Bogdan Romanov, and Christina Nissen #EVoteID26

πŸ” Technical Track: Session 1. What does it take to build electronic elections that are secure, verifiable and independently auditable? Thanks to Audhild HΓΈgΓ₯sen, Vanessa Teague and Thi Van Thao Doan #EVoteID26

Thanks to the State Electoral Office and the Information System Authority of Estonia for organizing a demonstration of the use of the IVXV Online Voting System. Many questions from our audience.

🌟 Meet our keynote speakers for #EVoteID26! We’re delighted to welcome Priit Vinkel and Ajay Patel to Tallinn. Two perspectives at the intersection of technology and democracy. We look forward to their contributions! πŸ—“ 6–9 October 2026 🌐 e-vote-id.ee

Priit Vinkel is working as a Senior Expert at the e-Governance Academy. He holds a BA in political science, an MA in public administration and a PhD in political and administrative science. His research has focused on voting technologies and (election) administration issues.

Ajay Patel is Senior Electoral Technology Advisor with over twenty years of experience in elections and peacebuilding. Ajay is the author of publications on AI, information integrity and elections. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and an MSc from the London School of Economics.

🌟 Meet our keynote speakers for #EVoteID26! Mathias Wessel Tromborg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University. He is currently the PI of the research project The Role of Voting Advice Applications in Representative Democracy.

He collaborates with media organizations and political actors to study the role of these online tools in shaping voting behaviour in contemporary democracies. He serves as Chair of the Steering Committee of the European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Voting Advice Applications.

🌟 Meet our keynote speakers for #EVoteID26! Kristian Gjøsteen is a professor of mathematical cryptology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He has worked on cryptographic protocol theory, key exchange, electronic voting and electronic identification.

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"Perceptions of Coercion and Vote Buying in Remote Voting Across Four Countries" by Christina Nissen, @oksanakulyk.bsky.social, Jurlind Budurushi, and Melanie Volkamer was accepted at @evoteid.bsky.social. It evaluates how voters perceive the threat of voter #coercion and vote buying.

doi.orgPerceptions of Coercion and Vote Buying in Remote Voting Across Four CountriesTo address threats of coercion and vote buying, various voting schemes have been proposed. However, the extent to which these solutions address such threat sce

πŸŽ“ Are you a PhD student (or planning to become one) working on electronic voting, digital democracy, or election technology? The #EVoteID26 PhD Colloquium is your opportunity to discuss research ideas, work-in-progress, and open challenges with senior researchers and peers!

πŸŽ‰ A big thank you to the community! We have received 35 submissions for Tracks 1 & 2 of #EVoteID26. We are grateful to all authors for their contributions and look forward to the review process. Submissions are still open for Tracks 3, 4 & 5! See you in Tallinn!

⏳ The clock is ticking! Don't miss the first deadline for π“π«πšπœπ€ 1: Security, Usability & Technical Issues πŸ” π“π«πšπœπ€ 2: Governance Issues βš–οΈ Submissions close on 15 𝐌𝐚𝐲 2026! πŸ—“οΈ Time to finalize that paper! πŸš€