Verify Your Vote

When you vote online, your ballot is protected every step of the way. From the second you cast your ballot, your selections are ‘encrypted’ directly on your device. This means that they are scrambled into a locked, unreadable and tamper-proof code before being sent over the internet to the digital ballot box. They stay this way until the election ends and the results are counted, so that your vote is secret and secure the whole time.

Every ballot that’s cast online is signed with something called a ‘digital signature.’ A digital signature is used to prove that a ballot belongs to someone who’s allowed to vote, and that nobody has voted more than once in the same election.

As soon as you vote, your ballot is automatically signed with a digital signature that’s unique to you, but doesn’t actually tell anyone who you are. It stays there until the election ends, and is removed from your ballot just before your selections are decrypted and counted. This maintains a clear chain of custody for all ballots cast in the election, while making sure that all votes are kept secret and that the election results are fair.

Once voting closes, before any votes are ever decrypted and counted, your ballot is stripped of its digital signature and mixed randomly with all the other ballots cast in the election. Just like shuffling a physical ballot box, this keeps your selections secret so that no one but you will ever know how you voted.