P2S2O:Pseudonymous Polling System for Small Organizations

Abstract

Voting or polling is often used for decision-making in small organizations, but it is very difficult to achieve a complex balance between transparency and privacy. The requirements of an open-audit voting or polling system for small organizations are discussed. To satisfy the requirements, Pseudonymous Polling System for Small Organizations (P2S2O) is designed. To avoid anyone identifying the voter based on the ballot cast and the MAC address of the corresponding voting device cast the ballot, randomly generated private MAC addresses are used. And to take advantage of the fact that all voters are present at the meeting place, two phases of confirmation are adopted to allow participants to verify their own ballots.