2025 Utah Senate District 11 Voting Plan
Questions? Write to 11chooses@siv.org
Voter Experience Goals
Core Security Properties
- 1One Person, One Vote — Auditable Authentication
- 2Verifiable Results — Everyone can confirm voting was run fairly
- 3Private Voting — No one should see how voters voted
Before Voting Can Start
Voter Roll
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Based on official State Voter File
71,526 registered voters in the district, as of March '25 -
Withheld voters: 10,925
Ballot
- Voting Method: Approval Voting (learn more)
- Candidates: 11chooses.com
Cryptographic Privacy Setup
This allows keeping vote selections private, even from the server. It is analogous to the "End-to-End" privacy found in Signal Messenger. More info
- Election Privacy Protectors: 1 each from Forward Party of Utah, Center for Election Science, and SIV, + the voting server (4-of-4 key)
- Generated 4-of-4 Multiparty Encryption Key: Statements
Voting Opens
Mailers estimated to start arriving: Friday 12/5
1. Voter receives personal vote invitation
Voter receives their vote invitation via postal mail
Each letter contains a unique voter credential.
- required to vote
- unique per voter
- generated by election admin
- infeasible to guess
- can only be used once
- if necessary, election admin can invalidate individual Auth Tokens & generate new ones
- used Auth Tokens can be audited after the election
- Remote & In-person Backup Methods available too: See Voter Authentication Options
2. Voter makes selections
Voters can enter the URL and unique Auth Token manually or scan the QR code to access the vote page.
- Voters can learn about the candidates directly on the page
For fairness, the order of the candidates is randomized on each page load.
No app installs needed — everything runs in the browser.
3. Voter can add additional contact info
Voters are invited to add an email address for easier contact if there are issues processing their vote.
This is strictly for administrative purposes only.
Never shared or used for marketing.
4. Voter receives Vote Receipt & Verification Info
The voting software automatically stores the voter's private verification info on their own device, in the browser they use to vote.
For privacy reasons, it never leaves the voter's device.
Voting Ends - Thurs Dec 11 9pm
Vote Anonymization & Tallying
Results Announced - Fri Dec 12
Results Published to Election Status Page
Example:
Verification Methods
Every last voter can quickly see their vote was counted as intended in the final tally
Using their unique Verification Number. More info
The full list of anonymized votes can be re-tallied by anyone, to confirm the claimed totals
The full list of anonymized votes are published one-by-one. See example image above, in Results Published section.
This allows everyone to easily re-tally the votes themselves, rather than tallying happening only behind closed doors.
Voters can test their own devices for cheating malware that could have tried to secretly change their vote
Using 2nd-devices to check if their vote is correct in the published tally.
The Voter Roll can be efficiently statistically audited against fake voters, stolen credentials, & other fraud
Take a random sample of voters from the voter roll, contact them to confirm they did legitimately vote— without asking them how they voted.
Disclaimer: We will make every effort to conduct a free and fair vote. However, if serious security or perceived tampering issues arise, the Forward Party of Utah reserves the right to make its own appointment decision.