Verifying Anonymity

When it comes to electronic voting, the biggest problem has always been the divergent requirements of maintaining the anonymity of a ballot versus the authentication and verification of a voter with the ballot. There is a lot of research going on to ensure that all of these requirements are taken care of. While the following is a good step in the right direction, it has one specific assumption – that the ballot sheets are given out randomly. It is unlikely that such a thing can be done fairly and easily.