1. Direct Congress Dan Skorupski Dan Vingo 10 September 2008

2. Background and motivation Proliferation of the Internet

3. Background and motivation Legislation produced by Congress directly changes our livelihood

4. Background and motivation Recent rescinding of basic civil liberties/rights through legislation

5. Background and motivation Lack of interest by general public in legislation

6. Background and motivation Get people directly involved in their government (i.e. direct democracy)‏

7. Product Functions Users will view current legislation that is being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate

8. Product Functions Users will sign up once, verifying their account with a confirmation e-mail

9. Product Functions Users will view current legislation that is being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate

10. Product Functions Users will vote on legislation and records will be persisted to be displayed on the site

11. Security There are many security challenges inherent in Internet voting

12. Security Possible risk mitigation: Use of third party system

13. Security Possible risk mitigation: In house implementation

14. Third party tools - Adder A free and open-source Internet-based electronic voting system which employs strong cryptography.

15. Third party tools - Adder Developed at UCONN by Aggelos Kiayas et. al.

16. Third party tools - Adder Provides increased security

17. Third party tools - Adder Overhead of implementation/addition servers needed

18. Third party tools - Adder Possibly overkill for our needs

19. Adder architecture

20. In house security Standard web encryption using SSL Additionally require users to verify votes Allow users to view past votes to ensure correctness