A System for remote Electronic Voting is being developed in Bulgaria

The Ministry of Electronic Government is developing a comprehensive system for remote electronic voting, Minister Bozhidar Bozhanov announced on BNT. An opinion on it is expected from the Central Election Commission (CEC).

"It will not be used immediately, it can just be test-piloted so that we have a long enough period of experiments and tests. The goal is to implement it in a real environment, to be sure of it. But it will not be implemented for the next elections - it would be too soon" - commented Bozhanov.

Remote e-voting can be combined with both machine and paper voting and does not interfere with any of the other types. Prior to the possible implementation of the system, all necessary measures will be taken for its security.

"Hacking attacks in remote voting are the lesser problem - there are enough cryptographic systems that guarantee protection from them. It's harder to ensure that people who vote don't have a virus on their own computer to change their vote. But that's why measures will be taken - such as the opportunity to check who you voted for or even change your vote on election day if necessary. There is nothing one hundred percent in cybersecurity, but it is secure enough," he added.

Regarding the request of the Bulgarian Socialist Party for the return of the paper vote, Bozhanov commented that a study is forthcoming, which will show whether the machines really hinder a certain group of voters or not. His personal opinion is that the machine vote works and we should not go back to paper ballots.

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