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Globe and Mail
7 days ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Eligo eVoting Launches Low-Coercion and Verifiable Digital Voting Protocol in the U.S.
Eligo eVoting announces the U.S. release of its secure digital voting protocol, designed with low coercion and end-to-end verifiability to ensure transparency and voter autonomy across private and public organizations. Eligo eVoting has announced the U.S. launch of its secure digital voting protocol, built on the principles of low coercion and end-to-end verifiability (E2E-VIV). The platform ensures privacy, eliminates vote manipulation, and reinforces trust without requiring a central scrutiny authority. This next-generation solution is already used by leading multinational corporations, trade unions, universities, and public institutions across Europe and Latin America. Now, Eligo aims to empower U.S. organizations, both public and private, with a system that guarantees voter autonomy and result integrity from start to finish. A new era of transparent voting Traditional digital voting systems often rely on internal oversight to verify accuracy and trustworthiness. Eligo's innovative online voting system removes that dependency through a self-verifying cryptographic framework. Its end-to-end verifiable architecture allows voters to independently confirm that their vote was cast as intended, recorded as cast, and counted as recorded, all while preserving complete anonymity. At the same time, the system incorporates low coercion protocols to minimize the risk of undue influence during the voting process. This ensures that votes are not only secure, but genuinely free expressions of the voter's will, even in remote or hybrid voting environments. 'We developed this protocol to help organizations run secure, independent, and transparent elections,' said Irene Pugliatti, CEO of Eligo eVoting. 'By combining low coercion with end-to-end verifiability, we're supporting confidence in digital voting processes worldwide.' Security without complexity What sets Eligo apart is its ability to combine state-of-the-art online voting security with a user-friendly interface. From online board elections and union votes to general assemblies and referendums, the platform is fully customizable and ready to scale for elections of any size or complexity. The newly released E2E-VIV protocol, developed by the University of Warwick, is based on a variant of the DRE-ip protocol to provide E2E verifiability with support for low coercion mitigation (revoting capability). Eligo system still supports digital signature and timestamping to ensure immutability of all reports according to PADES standard. Furthermore, Eligo adheres to strict international standards, including ISO/IEC 27001 for information security and ISO 9001 for quality management, reinforcing its commitment to data protection and process excellence. A growing footprint in the Americas Eligo's arrival in the U.S. follows a string of successful implementations across Latin America, including high-impact elections for professional associations, national trade unions, and universities in Mexico, Chile, and Colombia. Its presence in the Americas is rapidly expanding as organizations seek digital solutions that offer both flexibility and institutional-grade reliability. The U.S. market represents a key milestone in Eligo's global expansion strategy. With growing demand for modern governance tools, especially in hybrid work environments and increasingly digital civic engagement, the company sees strong alignment between its technological values and the expectations of American institutions. Experience real transparency Eligo is inviting U.S.-based organizations, from corporations to municipalities, from associations to academic institutions, to experience the platform in action. Live demos are now available upon request, allowing stakeholders to test drive the system and explore its secure, verifiable features. Book a live online voting demo to explore how Eligo's online voting software supports transparent and verifiable digital voting for public and private organizations. About Eligo eVoting Founded in Milan and operating across Europe and Latin America, Eligo eVoting is a digital voting platform designed to modernize the way organizations vote. With a focus on transparency, security, and usability, Eligo has enabled over 10,000 secure elections globally for companies, associations, unions, universities, and public bodies. The platform supports multiple voting methods, complies with international data protection regulations, and now offers a fully end-to-end verifiable protocol with low coercion safeguards for the U.S. market. Media Contact Company Name: Eligo Contact Person: Irene Pugliatti Email: Send Email Country: Italy Website:
Free Malaysia Today
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Rafizi knew about change in PKR polls vendor, says Fuziah
PKR secretary-general Fuziah Salleh said Rafizi Ramli did not object to the decision to use the new vendor at a meeting of the party central leadership. PETALING JAYA : PKR secretary-general Fuziah Salleh has rubbished a claim by the party's deputy president, Rafizi Ramli, that no discussion was held before the appointment of a vendor for its voting system. Fuziah said Rafizi did not object to the decision to use the new vendor at a meeting of the PKR central leadership which he attended. 'The vendor issue never arose and he never made an issue about who the vendor was or what they were doing,' she told FMT. Rafizi had claimed yesterday that the vendor managing PKR's electoral system had been 'secretly' appointed last December without it being discussed by the party's political bureau. Fuziah said the party had decided not to continue using the previous vendor, who was based overseas, because of communication issues and other logistical challenges, and that it decided to upgrade and enhance the current ADIL app 'because creating a new one would take too much time'. She said enhancements to the app included new security features, such as the integration of blockchain technology and facial recognition for added safety. 'And these improvements had been discussed,' she said. She said the new vendor was brought in to handle system enhancement and manage the data transfer from the previous provider. Fuziah said the decision to adopt e-voting was made on Nov 30 and that this was agreed to by the leadership council. She said while there had been disagreement over the appointment of an auditor – which led to several rounds of discussions before consensus was reached – there was no such dispute over the vendor. She also said the political bureau had agreed not to continue with the previous vendor because it was based overseas. A well-placed source in PKR claimed that Rafizi had been familiar with the current vendor and had even reached out to them personally. 'However, the vendor declined to meet him at the time because Rafizi was a candidate in the party elections,' the source said. According to the source, Rafizi had attempted to arrange a meeting with the vendor at his Invoke office, but the vendor refused in order to avoid any conflict of interest. FMT has reached out to Rafizi for comment. Rafizi's claim about the appointment of the vendor comes a month after the party's divisional elections, which saw several of his key allies losing. The same app will be used at the congress over the weekend.
