Belenios vs TrueVote
Belenios
belenios.orgTrueVote
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| Figure | Belenios | TrueVote |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Online Voting Software | 8.0 (#11) | 7.3 (#22) |
| Authentication | The hosted platform supports public accounts, Google login, and CAS authentication. | The white paper says the design requires multi-factor authentication at registration and keeps the private key needed to access elections on the voter's device. |
| Purpose | Belenios is a verifiable online voting system for elections and referendums, including elections for scientific councils and sports associations. | TrueVote describes itself as a digital voting platform for casting and verifying ballots. |
| Support | The platform is provided as is, has no hotline, and directs users to its FAQ and discussion mailing list for questions. | The white paper says Designated Election Commissioners are publicly identified and provide an accountable human for election support issues. |
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In their own words
Belenios
Belenios is a free, verifiable online voting system for elections and referendums, including scientific councils and sports associations. Its hosted web platform supports standard candidate selection and preferential elections using Condorcet, Single Transferable Vote, and Majority Judgment. Weighted votes are available for standard elections. Votes are encrypted to protect individual choices, subject to the election’s decryption-key setup. Voters can check that ballots appear in a public ballot box, and anyone can verify that the result matches those ballots. Authentication options include public accounts, Google login, and CAS. The hosted service supports up to 2,500 voters per election; larger elections are directed toward institutional hosting. Belenios is also self-hostable free software under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3. Voters and email addresses cannot be changed after an election starts, and trustee key loss prevents tallying. The hosted plan is free.