E-voting Online abstimmen und wählen

Here’s how it works

1. 1

   Configure the vote
   Before a vote or election, the canton configures its e-voting platform with voting questions or lists of candidates and grants the authorizations to cast votes electronically.

2. 2

   Prepare voting documents
   Swiss Post provides the cantons with support in preparing the voting documents right up to the final proofing stage. The cantons produce the documents in conjunction with their approved printing partners.

3. 3

   Send voting documents
   Voting documents for voting physically by letter or at the ballot, and for voting electronically, are sent by post.

4. 4

   Cast a ballot
   Eligible voters who can use e-voting receive the voting or electoral materials, in addition to the individual security codes for electronic voting. They can register on the e-voting platform of their canton and vote or cast a ballot electronically.

5. 5

   Information encryption
   All information transmitted during the vote is anonymized and protected with end-to-end encryption. Only the cantonal electoral authorities can analyze e-voting results. At no point can inferences be made about individual voters from the votes cast.

Advantages of e-voting

For cantons and municipalities

• Approved under the legal basis for eligible Swiss voters based in Switzerland and abroad
• The independent, legally compliant implementation of electronic voting and elections -> Legal basis
• Complete verifiability and voting secrecy guaranteed -> Security
• State-of-the-art technology and subsequent development in collaboration with internal and external experts, as well as with the cantons.
• Straightforward integration of the solution into cantonal IT systems, which are used before and after voting, and for authentication purposes.
• Low purchase price and comprehensive service from Swiss Post -> Services from Swiss Post

For voters

• Device- and location-independent votes and elections for eligible voters
• Information provided in the four national languages of Switzerland: German, French, Italian and Romansh
• The system prevents invalid votes being cast
• People with impairments (e.g. impaired vision) are able to vote independently without the assistance of third parties
• The e-voting platform is certified in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and is therefore accessible to disabled persons.

What the e-voting solution costs