The swiss postal voting process and its system and security analysis

Abstract

The Swiss postal voting system builds on trust in governmental authorities and external suppliers. The federal structure of Switzerland of cantons and municipalities leads to a distributed architecture. Detailed information on the current postal voting procedure are manifested as implicit knowledge within fragmented institutions and are not easily accessible. This work serves (i) as an overview of the Swiss remote postal voting system, (ii) a detailed insight into the process flow, and (iii) a respective risk assessment.