Helios voting system
E487740
electronic voting system
end-to-end verifiable voting system
open-source software
web-based application
The Helios voting system is an open-source, web-based end-to-end verifiable electronic voting platform designed for secure, transparent, and auditable elections, often used in academic and organizational settings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Helios voting system canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5028304 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helios voting system Context triple: [Scantegrity, relatedTo, Helios voting system]
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A.
ThreeBallot voting system
The ThreeBallot voting system is an end-to-end auditable voting scheme proposed by cryptographer Ronald L. Rivest that aims to provide voter verifiability and privacy without relying on complex cryptographic mechanisms.
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B.
Bimodal Voter Accreditation System
The Bimodal Voter Accreditation System is a Nigerian election technology that uses both fingerprint and facial recognition to verify voters’ identities and curb electoral fraud.
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C.
Single Transferable Vote
Single Transferable Vote is a proportional representation electoral system in which voters rank candidates by preference and seats are allocated by transferring votes according to these rankings.
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D.
Paxos
Paxos is a small Greek island in the Ionian Sea, known for its clear turquoise waters, olive groves, and tranquil, less-touristed atmosphere.
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E.
Helios program
The Helios program was a joint NASA–German Aerospace Center mission in the 1970s that launched two probes to study the Sun at close range, setting records for both solar proximity and spacecraft speed.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Helios voting system Target entity description: The Helios voting system is an open-source, web-based end-to-end verifiable electronic voting platform designed for secure, transparent, and auditable elections, often used in academic and organizational settings.
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A.
ThreeBallot voting system
The ThreeBallot voting system is an end-to-end auditable voting scheme proposed by cryptographer Ronald L. Rivest that aims to provide voter verifiability and privacy without relying on complex cryptographic mechanisms.
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B.
Bimodal Voter Accreditation System
The Bimodal Voter Accreditation System is a Nigerian election technology that uses both fingerprint and facial recognition to verify voters’ identities and curb electoral fraud.
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C.
Single Transferable Vote
Single Transferable Vote is a proportional representation electoral system in which voters rank candidates by preference and seats are allocated by transferring votes according to these rankings.
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D.
Paxos
Paxos is a small Greek island in the Ionian Sea, known for its clear turquoise waters, olive groves, and tranquil, less-touristed atmosphere.
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E.
Helios program
The Helios program was a joint NASA–German Aerospace Center mission in the 1970s that launched two probes to study the Sun at close range, setting records for both solar proximity and spacecraft speed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronic voting system
ⓘ
end-to-end verifiable voting system ⓘ open-source software ⓘ web-based application ⓘ |
| allows |
anyone to verify tally correctness
ⓘ
voters to verify inclusion of their ballot ⓘ |
| deploymentModel |
self-hosted
ⓘ
software-as-a-service ⓘ |
| designedFor |
auditable elections
ⓘ
secure elections ⓘ transparent elections ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Ben Adida ⓘ |
| hasDeveloper |
Ben Adida
ⓘ
Helios community ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
auditability
ⓘ
cryptographic ballot encryption ⓘ end-to-end verifiability ⓘ individual verifiability ⓘ mixnet or homomorphic tallying support ⓘ public bulletin board ⓘ universal verifiability ⓘ voter authentication integration ⓘ web-based election management interface ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
cryptographically protected tally
ⓘ
open audit trail ⓘ supports multiple election types ⓘ supports secret ballots ⓘ web-based user interface ⓘ |
| hasUseCase |
academic elections
ⓘ
organizational internal elections ⓘ professional association elections ⓘ student government elections ⓘ |
| isOpenSource | true ⓘ |
| license | GNU Affero General Public License ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Python ⓘ |
| publishes | encrypted ballots on a public bulletin board ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
electronic voting security
ⓘ
end-to-end verifiable voting research ⓘ |
| stores | encrypted ballots ⓘ |
| supports |
remote voting
ⓘ
web-based voting ⓘ |
| typicalUser |
non-profit organizations
ⓘ
professional societies ⓘ research institutions ⓘ universities ⓘ |
| usedIn | academic studies of e-voting ⓘ |
| uses |
homomorphic encryption
ⓘ
public-key cryptography ⓘ zero-knowledge proofs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Helios voting system Description of subject: The Helios voting system is an open-source, web-based end-to-end verifiable electronic voting platform designed for secure, transparent, and auditable elections, often used in academic and organizational settings.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.