E-voting

Voting electronically

In the near future, all Swiss voters should be able to vote online in elections and referendums. Swiss Post is working with interested cantons to develop an e-voting platform that uses the latest technology and meets the most stringent security requirements.

Transporting information securely and reliably, guaranteeing the secrecy of the ballot and the security of the ballot box – for decades, voters have trusted their postal votes to Swiss Post. Can Swiss Post also guarantee secure electronic voting? It can. Since 2014, Swiss Post has been working together with its technology partner Scytl to develop a solution that allows all voters in a canton to vote electronically.

Latest technology for comprehensive security

For the signing, encryption, and verification of voting and ballot information, Swiss Post relies on the most advanced cryptography and security technology. This ensures that votes cannot be falsified and that the data cannot be manipulated from the time it is recorded until the votes are counted. In addition, votes can be verified individually and universally, allowing voters and the electoral authorities to check whether the votes cast have been saved correctly at any time. Thanks to these control mechanisms, it is in fact more secure and transparent to cast votes electronically than to vote in person at the polling station.

Swiss Post's e-voting solution will in future offer the cantons a comprehensive, modern solution that meets all security requirements and the requirements of the Federal Chancellery in full. The platform will be operated in Swiss Post's high-performance, high-security data centers in Switzerland.

Facilitating access, reducing errors

Thanks to e-voting, illegible answers, omitted signatures, incorrectly completed forms and invalid lists are a thing of the past. The platform's clear user interface makes formal errors impossible. It also allows people with disabilities to cast their vote without assistance from others, and Swiss nationals resident abroad no longer have to worry about their voting envelopes getting lost or arriving too late.

www.swisspost.ch/e-voting