Weaknesses associated with e-voting
• Lack of transparency.
• Limited openness and understanding of the system for non-experts.
• Lack of agreed standards for e-voting systems.
• System certification required, but no widely agreed standards for certification.
• Potential violation of the secrecy of the vote, especially in systems that perform both voter authentication and vote casting.
• Risk of manipulation by insiders with privileged access to the system or by hackers from outside.
• Possibility of fraud through large- scale manipulation by a small group of insiders.
• Increased costs for both purchasing and maintaining e-voting systems.
• Increased infrastructure and environmental requirements, for example, with regard to power supply, communication technology, temperature, humidity.
• Increased security requirements for protecting the voting system during and between elections including during transport, storage and maintenance.
• Reduced level of control by the election administration because of high vendor- and/or technology- dependence.
• Limited recount possibilities.
• Need for additional voter education campaigns.
• Possible conflict with the existing legal framework.
• Possible lack of public trust in e-voting-based elections as a result of the weaknesses above