We consider the problem of leader election in asynchronous oriented N-node complete networks. We present a leader election algorithm with O(N) message and O(log log N) time complexity. The message complexity is optimal and the time complexity is the best possible under the assumption of message optimality. The best previous leader election algorithm for asynchronous oriented complete networks b...

How competent a politician looks, as assessed in the laboratory, is correlated with whether the politician wins in real elections. This finding has led many to investigate whether the association between candidate appearances and election outcomes transcends cultures. However, these studies have largely focused on European countries and Caucasian candidates. To the best of our knowledge, there ...

Definitions of election verifiability in the computational model of cryptography are proposed. The definitions formalize notions of voters verifying their own votes, auditors verifying the tally of votes, and auditors verifying that only eligible voters vote. The Helios (Adida et al., 2009) and JCJ (Juels et al., 2010) election schemes are shown to satisfy these definitions. Two previous defini...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether being elected to head of government is associated with accelerated mortality by studying survival differences between people elected to office and unelected runner-up candidates who never served. DESIGN Observational study. SETTING Historical survival data on elected and runner-up candidates in parliamentary or presidential elections in Australia, Austria, Ca...

1. Motivation This is a sequel paper to Kalpathy and Ward (2014), which also appears in Statistics and Probability Letters. The earlier paper introduces a randomized leader election algorithm, in which a truncated geometric number of participants survive from round to round. (Louchard and Prodinger (2009), constitutes a good starting point for readers who are unfamiliar with randomized leader e...

Definitions of election verifiability in the computational model of cryptography are proposed. The definitions formalize notions of voters verifying their own votes, auditors verifying the tally of votes, and auditors verifying that only eligible voters vote. The Helios (Adida et al., 2009) and JCJ (Juels et al., 2010) election schemes are shown to satisfy these definitions. A previous definiti...

We present an independent security evaluation of the AccuVote Optical Scan voting terminal (AV-OS).We identify a number of new vulnerabilities of this system which, if exploited maliciously, can invalidatethe results of an election process utilizing the terminal. Furthermore, based on our findings an AV-OScan be compromised with off-the-shelf equipment in a matter of minutes even if...

political participation is an important factor for political survival of the society and government. this concept is a symbol showing people’s presence at actions of government, and it is a substantial index for people’s satisfaction in democratic countries. election can be the most important symbol of political participation. this is why people’s presence in election is carefully investigated ...

The proposed election system lies in ensuring that it is transparent and impartial. Those who rule must be true representative of people’s. Thus while the electoral system may vary from country to country, It has to take into account the peculiarities of every society while at the same time incorporating remedies to problems prevailing in the system. The Electoral process expressed serious conc...