ZVOTE - Secure Elections Using Zmail

ZSENTRY MAIL

The best defense against data theft is to not have the data in the first place.

Zmail uses ZSentry™ technology, developed by NMA Inc. Your login credentials and your keys are not at risk anywhere. There is no password list or keys that could be attacked. ZSentry protects both the privacy of your communications and the keys that protect your privacy.

Zmail is a secure email interface that uses the software and email address that you already have.

When you use Zmail to encrypt your email, your decryption key, your signing key, your usercode, and your password are also protected. They are not at risk anywhere.

ZSENTRY and ZMAIL are TM of NMA, Inc. Patent pending.

ZVOTE™ - Secure Elections

Zvote is a Zmail Application. Zvote uses zmail to directly support voter privacy, election security, and auditing, compliant with HIPAA, FFIEC, GLBA, SOA, SB 1386 and ISO 17799 regulations.

With zvote, you can easily organize secure, fair and anonymous elections that would conventionally require postal charges and other fees. Increase voter participation, reduce work and eliminate controversies. Zvote can be used for elections, surveys, and decision-making, including Board meeting votes, private elections in associations and schools, by-law changes, budget approval, group decisions, focus groups, and user feedback.

Zvote Free - Free Secure Elections

Zvote Free uses Zmail Basic, the fully functional, no cost, personal edition of zmail to both send the ballots and vote. The Zvote Free service cannot be used to make more money than what you paid for it -- zero. Even though zvote free is not intended for large elections, there is no actual limitation on the number of voters except for the Zmail Basic message sending limitations. To set up an election using Zvote Free, Register Now >>

Zvote Premium - Secure Elections

Zvote Premium uses Zmail Premium, the enterprise edition of zmail. The limitations of Zvote Free do not apply. To set up an election using Zvote Premium, Register Now >>

How Zvote Works:

Just use Zmail (Basic or Premium) to send your secure ballot, with time control provided by the release and expiration settings that you define in zmail. Voters can use Zmail Basic to reply with their vote, which is encrypted and private. Each voter is authenticated by zmail. You define if voters may register during the election or if pre-registration is enforced by zmail.

Main Features of Zvote:

Zvote is a complete voting and election administration solution, including provisions for ballot distribution, ballot time control, ballot and user access control, candidate information, issue information, voter registration, and voter-verified auditing of ballot tallying, with election manager administration and support of voters.

No additional cost. Self-management and self-service. No download. Set up and start your election in minutes. Run any number of secure elections anytime, anywhere.

Third-party verified (zmail) voter registration included. Candidates and voters know that the votes will remain secret until the election closes. Third-party verified (zmail) confirmation when, where, how and by whom the voters' ballots are opened for tallying. The cast ballots are anonymous and can be printed for auditing and tallying. Cast ballots can also be exported to a file for electronic tallying. The actual tallying is not included.

Auditing and Verified Tallying

The zvote service is not audited; tallying is not included. For audited secure elections, with verified electronic tallying, please visit our partner Safevote.