Swiss Post is ultimately responsible for testing and rolling out the e-voting system in Switzerland.
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Swiss Post and Swisscom are set to join forces on e-voting, with the latter to operate certain elements of the infrastructure from 2028.
The move to work with telecoms firm Swisscom came following a competitive tender, Swiss Post announced on Thursday.
From 2028, Swisscom will thus process public information such as referendum questions, dates, and details of election candidates at its Swiss data centres. Swiss Post, for its part, will retain control of sensitive elements like electronic ballot boxes and systems to ensure the verifiability and secrecy of votes.
Neither company will have access to the personal data of voters or to the content of their votes. All information relating to voters will remain anonymous and all votes will be encrypted.
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Swiss Post also remains the sole contractual partner of the cantons for e-voting, and will retain overall responsibility for the system, software development and source code.
In Swiss cantons where trial operations are underway or planned, there will be no changes as a result of the outsourcing. In the next national ballots on November 29, eligible voters in the cantons of Neuchâtel, Lucerne, St Gallen, Graubünden and Thurgau will be able to take part via e-voting.
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Translated from German, reviewed by an English Department journalist.
