RUDN Journal of Engineering Research (Dec 2016)
CHOOSING AN OPTIMAL MODEL OF E-VOTING AS AN INNOVATIVE FORM OF ELECTION TECHNOLOGIES, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Abstract
The article focuses on the technical issues of implementing such innovative forms of electoral technologies, such as electronic voting, in the Syrian Arab Republic. The article provides the definition of electronic voting in general, and of two of its main types: remote voting, carried out from uncontrolled environments with the help of public means of communication, such as mobile phones, personal computers, specialized electronic devices - terminals installed in places widely available, and stationary electronic ballot held in a controlled environment (at polling stations) using specialized hardware. Based on the analysis of advantages and disadvantages of each of these types of e-voting, as well as taking into account the information and telecommunication capabilities at the disposal of the Syrian Arab Republic made a choice in favor of a stationary electronic voting as meeting the basic requirements of the electoral process, implemented through the use of information technology - the efficiency, availability, reliability, security.As a model system, similar to that provided to adapt it to the existing system in the Syrian Arab Republic, the material and technical base and the necessary optimization, presents possibility to design and implement geographically distributed automated national system for the organization and conduct of elections at all levels, including through electronic voting, elected by the State Automated System (SAS) of the Russian Federation “Elections” as best suited to the task, information and telecommunication capacities of the Syrian Arab Republic. Selecting the SAS of the Russian Federation “Elections” as a reference model is also due to the experience of the successful conduct with the help of its member systems of automation, in the particular systems for electronic voting, stationary electronic voting. The article provides a brief description of how the hierarchical structure of the SAS of the Russian Federation “Elections”, as well as the complex of technical devices for the electronic voting, distinguishing the efficiency and reliability of its use, suitability for e-voting organizations outside the country, that in today’s geopolitical environment is a priority for the Syrian Arab Republic.
