Swiss e-voting pilot suspended after USB decryption failure leaves 2,048 votes uncounted
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Summary
A Swiss canton (Basel-Stadt) suspended its electronic voting pilot after technical failures prevented officials from decrypting 2,048 votes cast in national referendums. The e-voting system, available to about 10,300 Swiss citizens living abroad and 30 people with disabilities, experienced USB key decryption failures that made the votes uncountable. Officials encouraged affected voters to submit paper ballots but acknowledged this wouldn't be possible for many living overseas. The incident has prompted an investigation and suspension of the e-voting trial.
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· 4 pulledBasel-Stadt announced the problem with its e-voting pilot, open to about 10,300 locals living abroad and 30 people with disabilities
By the close of polling on Sunday, its e-voting system had collected 2,048 votes, but Basel-Stadt officials were not able to decrypt them with the hardware
It encouraged participants to deliver a paper vote to the town hall or use a polling station but admitted this would not be possible for many
Officials suspend Basel-Stadt trial and launch probe
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