The First European Platform for Accesible Paper Vote Cast

Project Information

AccessVote

Grant agreement ID: 775463

DOI

10.3030/775463

Project closed

EC signature date 28 April 2017

Start date 1 May 2017

End date 31 August 2017

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Total cost

€ 71 429,00

EU contribution

€ 50 000,00

Coordinated by

SCYTL SECURE ELECTRONIC VOTING SA
Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - AccessVote (The First European Platform for Accesible Paper Vote Cast)

Reporting period: 2017-05-01 to 2017-08-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

Despite the available technology already used for data security and verification, for instance in online banking and airport controls, such implementation has not yet reached the voting process. Current electoral processes are mostly based on paper ballots cast at polling stations, remaining mainly the same since its inception in the XIX century. These processes have been reported to imply serious difficulties for voters with disabilities (80 million in EU) and EU citizens who live abroad, including those living in an EU Member State other than their original country (13.6 million). AccessVote offers the first online platform for the European countries that allow voters to complete their paper ballot at home to be sent by post or cast at the polling place. Thus, our system will enhance the voting experience of 93 million people in Europe who are nowadays not able to easily reach the polling place.
Our company has studied the feasibility of developing AccessVote. With Phase 1 project, we have assessed the technical and commercial feasibility of building a software product out of the solution provided for a very specific setting: the electoral process in Alaska. We have evaluated our commercial approach to reach the market in 2020.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

We have performed a detailed market analysis of AccessVote, verifying the commercial potential for the solution; a legal analysis; a global FTO analysis and set our IP strategy. On the technical side, we have established the parameters to upgrade our software and to validate a commercial pilot, following a complete execution plan for the Phase 2 project (planning, organization, risk analysis and budget). On the economic side, we have developed a detailed business plan including revenues analysis and a commercialization plan for a 5-year period after the project has been finalised.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

In the short term (2020), our solution will enhance the voting experience of ~16M of voters (with special focus on voters with disabilities and voters living abroad) and will improve the audit process for electoral authorities. After 4-years commercialization time, considering our total available market sized in ~327M voters, AccessVote average cost (~€0.32/voter) and expected cumulative sales of 53.8M AccessVote, we estimate cumulative revenues of €15.7 M by 2025.

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