RIES, for Rijnland Internet Election System, was a project and
open source
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open patent
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design and implementation of an
Internet
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election system
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. RIES was used from 2004 to 2006 for formal elections of the Dutch District Water Boards, and in 2006 to allow
expats
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to vote for the
Dutch parliament
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The States General originated in ...
elections through the Internet. Over 140,000
voter
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s used Ries to cast their vote over the Internet, 19,815 of which were cast in the 2006 parliamentary election.
In June, 2008, based on the work of the group "We Don't Trust Voting Computers", Internet voting was banned in the Netherlands and RIES could no longer be used.
The source code was published in June, 2008, and was shown to have extensive security problems.
See also
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Electronic voting examples#Netherlands
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Internet voting
Electronic voting is voting that uses electronic means to either aid or handle casting and counting ballots including voting time.
Depending on the particular implementation, e-voting may use standalone ''electronic voting machines'' (also ca ...
References
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External links
* http://www.openries.nl/
* http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/UOCAVA/2010/PositionPapers/PIET_PONT_RIES_UOCAVA.pdf
"We do not trust voting computers" (Wij vertrouwen stemcomputers niet)
Elections in the Netherlands