E-Voting in MacOS X Operating System

Hardware and software requirements

The voter and their computer must fulfil the main requirements for voting.
Electronic voting involves electronic use of ID-card. The latest Mac OS X-compatible ID-card software must have been installed in the computer. Help in installing the latest software is available at: installer.id.ee.

Go to the e-voting front page, keep the ID-card and the PINs handy and click Hääleta siin (Vote here). Then download the e-voting client application. Use a browser that enables personal identification with the Estonian ID-card (such as Mozilla FireFox).

NB! Mac OS X Snowleopard (10.6) users: Please use drivers for 10.5 version and FireFox browser (Safari does not work).

Setting up e-voting client application

E-voting client application valimine.dmg is downloadable after you have entered the system using your ID-card.

After you have clicked Hääleta siin (Vote here), Safari will ask the next password:

You will then reach the next page:

Clicking Edasi (Forward) will take you to the page where you can download the voter application. The size of the test vote application is 9,6 MB and the download speed depends on your Internet connection. Please be patient.

Save the file:

After having downloaded the file, please check that the MD5 checksum corresponds to the checksum published in the web, using the utility md5sum. Type the following command in the command prompt:

md5 valimine.dmg


If the checksums displayed by the utilities do not correspond to the ones in the web, please contact the National Electoral COmmittee immediately and inform them of a possible attack. Do not, under any circumstances, use the application for e-voting!

If the checksums coincide, you may start the application.

Using e-voting client application
With the ID-card still in the card reader, please open the disk image valimine.dmg and start the programme Evote.app on it.

The following notice may appear when you open the file:

PIN1 of your ID-card is asked next:

Voting
If you entered the correct PIN1, you will reach the next page:

After you have read the introductory text and clicked Otsustama (Decide), the program will display the list of candidates participating at the election:

After you have selected a candidate, you must confirm your choice on the next page. If you are sure that you want to vote for the chosen candidate, click Hääletan (Vote).

The system encrypts your choice, which must now be signed. You are therefore asked to type in the PIN2 of your ID-card.

This concludes e-voting and you are asked to close the window. This ensures that the connection to the voting centre has indeed been cut. You may also remove your ID-card from the reader.

Repeat voting

E-voting system allows you to vote again. Please note that in case of repeat voting only the last vote will count. In order to vote again you must enter the e-voting web page, following the instructions above. The system ascertains that you have already voted and asks confirmation that you wish to vote again. If you wish to vote for another candidate, respond to the confirmation question by clicking Otsustama (Decide). If you are happy with your first choice, respond Loobun (Cancel).

Annulment of a vote

Voting in a polling place during the advance poll will annul the electronic vote.

If an error occurs

Read (in Estonian), what to do when the ID-card does not function.

For help on how to use your ID-card, please call 1777.
For technical assistance in issues of electronic voting, please write to abi@valimised.ee.
In other issues related to elections, please contact val@riigikogu.ee.

If your computer or a technical error does not allow you to vote electronically, you can vote in a polling place following the normal procedure.