E-voting is an idea with a lot of potential, for good and for harm. Improving access for voters with disabilities, eliminating accidental spoiling of votes, and so on are all laudable goals. On the other hand, a flawed e-voting solution could have disastrous results if it were used in a legally binding election.
An important step in ensuring that any system behaves correctly is laying down what behaving correctly means for that system. In other words, we must identify the system's requirements.
The Council of Europe standards document is a step in the right direction, but the document itself is seriously flawed. This paper consists of a discussion of the flaws, and a proposal for improving the document.