Voter Authentication – Electoral Maturity Model

Phase	Process	Sub- Process	Vulnerability/Threat
Election Day	Voter Authentication	Open Polls	Delay shipment of absentee ballots: Intentionally delaying the shipment of ballots to certain citizens, in order to reduce their time to reply with the vote.
Election Day	Voter Authentication	N/A	Poll Worker Delay: Poll-workers do not fully understand the tasks they’re responsible for, and the process is delayed.
Election Day	Voter Authentication	N/A	Impersonation: An unathorized person votes for another registered voter (e.g. ghost voting, absentee was filled by someone else, oversee voter not updated).Impersonating an eligible voter: An attacker or a voter casts multiple votes via a particular voting channel or by using multiple voting channels. This affects the right to vote, which also covers the provision preventing multiple votes being cast.
Election Day	Voter Authentication	N/A	Voting when not eligible: Someone is allowed to vote when not eligible to do so.
Election Day	Voter Authentication	N/A	Absentee vote + Elec.Day vote: Citizen first votes Absentee or Early, then goes and votes on Election Day.
Election Day	Voter Authentication	N/A	Disenfranchisements of voters: Certain groups are made uneligble to vote (even though they may be legally found in the voting registry). This may be accomplished through legislation, discrimination, etc.
Election Day	Voter Authentication	N/A	No measurement to identify voters who already cast their vote: A person that already voted can utilize another person’s identification, and if there are no means to identify if that person already voted he (she) will vote again.