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SUMMARY:UW CPI Talk: Somebody else's problem: Verifiability and accountabil
 ity in Canadian online elections
DESCRIPTION:Details and registration: https://uwaterloo.ca/cybersecurity-pr
 ivacy-institute/events/cpi-talk-somebody-elses-problem-verifiability-and\n
 \nOn Builderloo: https://builderloo.ca/events/713-uw-cpi-talk-somebody-els
 e-s-problem-verifiability-and-accountability-in-canadian\n\nDate: Wednesda
 y\, November 18\, 2026 Time: 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. Location: Enterprise Theatr
 e\, East Campus 5 (Room EC5-1101/1111)\, 305 Phillip Street\, University o
 f Waterloo Please register in advance. Abstract Most online voting systems
  used in Canadian municipal elections provide no public evidence that vote
 s were recorded and counted. Voters\, candidates\, and courts are asked to
  accept the result on trust. Over several election cycles\, working only f
 rom publicly observable information\, our group has found a range of vulne
 rabilities in these systems. Without verifiability\, attacks could go unde
 tected. These findings have also proven difficult to act on. Vendors and m
 unicipalities generally publish no vulnerability disclosure policy\, and o
 ur 2025 findings on credential harvesting led to no changes\, seemingly be
 cause no party had the mandate or the means to address them. The underlyin
 g problem is one of governance. In our experience\, municipalities point t
 o a lack of voter demand for verifiability\, and vendors point to a lack o
 f demand from municipalities. Voters are rarely part of the conversation. 
 The province has largely left the matter to municipalities\, and federal b
 odies have generally treated municipal elections as outside their mandate.
  In this talk\, we will share early observations from the 2026 municipal e
 lection and examine why assigning responsibility for the integrity of onli
 ne elections has proven so difficult. Aleksander Essex About the speaker A
 leksander Essex is an 
LOCATION:EC5 1111\, East Campus 5\, 305 Phillip St\, Waterloo\, ON
URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/cybersecurity-privacy-institute/events/cpi-talk-so
 mebody-elses-problem-verifiability-and
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