Scantegrity

E113230

cryptographic voting system end-to-end verifiable voting system

Scantegrity is an end-to-end verifiable voting system that uses cryptographic techniques and invisible ink to let voters confirm their ballots were counted correctly without revealing how they voted.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Scantegrity canonical	2
Scantegrity I	2
Scantegrity II	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T964000 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Scantegrity
Context triple: [Ronald L. Rivest, notableWork, Scantegrity]

A. Horseshoe
Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
B. Tally
Tally is a common nickname for Tallahassee, the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida.
C. The Gamester
The Gamester is a Caroline-era tragicomedy play by English dramatist James Shirley, centered on themes of gambling, honor, and social intrigue.
D. Province 5
Province 5 is one of the administrative provinces of Nepal, located in the western part of the country and known for its diverse geography and cultural heritage.
E. The Ball
The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Scantegrity
Target entity description: Scantegrity is an end-to-end verifiable voting system that uses cryptographic techniques and invisible ink to let voters confirm their ballots were counted correctly without revealing how they voted.

A. Horseshoe
Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
B. Tally
Tally is a common nickname for Tallahassee, the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida.
C. The Gamester
The Gamester is a Caroline-era tragicomedy play by English dramatist James Shirley, centered on themes of gambling, honor, and social intrigue.
D. Province 5
Province 5 is one of the administrative provinces of Nepal, located in the western part of the country and known for its diverse geography and cultural heritage.
E. The Ball
The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cryptographic voting system ⓘ end-to-end verifiable voting system ⓘ end-to-end verifiable voting system ⓘ
aimsTo	allow voters to verify that their ballots were counted correctly ⓘ preserve ballot secrecy ⓘ
basedOn	code voting ⓘ verification codes printed on ballots ⓘ
designedFor	use with existing optical-scan voting infrastructure ⓘ
developedBy	cryptographers and computer scientists ⓘ
documentedIn	academic cryptography and security conferences ⓘ
ensures	vote integrity ⓘ voter privacy ⓘ
feature	compatibility with standard optical-scan ballots ⓘ invisible ink printed codes revealed when voters mark ballots ⓘ optical-scan paper ballots ⓘ public bulletin board of encrypted votes ⓘ public verifiability of tallying ⓘ short confirmation codes printed in invisible ink ⓘ unique confirmation codes for each candidate selection ⓘ voter receipts containing confirmation codes ⓘ
firstDeployedIn	Takoma Park, Maryland municipal elections ⓘ
hasGoal	enable independent verification of election outcomes ⓘ increase transparency of elections ⓘ
hasProperty	ballot-level verification ⓘ end-to-end verifiability ⓘ
hasVersion	Scantegrity self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Scantegrity I Scantegrity self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Scantegrity II
improvesOn	Scantegrity self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Scantegrity I
mitigates	vote buying ⓘ voter coercion ⓘ
operatesOn	paper ballots ⓘ
prevents	voters from proving how they voted ⓘ
publicationType	peer-reviewed research system ⓘ
relatedTo	Helios voting system ⓘ Prêt à Voter ⓘ end-to-end auditable elections ⓘ
requires	publicly verifiable tallying procedures ⓘ trusted ballot printing process ⓘ
securityProperty	end-to-end auditability ⓘ software independence of election outcome ⓘ
supports	individual verifiability ⓘ software independence in elections ⓘ universal verifiability ⓘ
usedIn	Takoma Park, Maryland ⓘ surface form: Takoma Park, Maryland 2009 municipal election Takoma Park, Maryland ⓘ surface form: Takoma Park, Maryland 2011 municipal election
uses	cryptography ⓘ invisible ink ⓘ
verificationMethod	checking posted codes on a public bulletin board ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ronald L. Rivest → notableWork → Scantegrity ⓘ

ThreeBallot voting system → relatedTo → Scantegrity ⓘ

Scantegrity → hasVersion → Scantegrity self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scantegrity I

Scantegrity → hasVersion → Scantegrity self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scantegrity II

Scantegrity → improvesOn → Scantegrity self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Scantegrity II