Dr. Nadja Braun works as a legal advisor and project manager of the Swiss e-voting project in the Section of Political Rights at the Federal Chancellery (the Swiss electoral management body). She studied at the universities of Berne and Helsinki and completed her Doctorate on ballot secrecy in 2005. Her interests and work revolve around direct democracy, e-voting, electoral systems, constitutional law and human rights. Her professional affiliations include: Council of Europe, international IDEA and IRI-Europe. Recent and upcoming publications: Contributions to the upcoming international IDEA handbook on External Voting Kaufmann, Bruno/Büchi, Rolf/Braun, Nadja: Guidebook to Direct Democracy in Switzerland and Beyond, Marburg 2007 Braun, Nadja: Stimmgeheimnis, (Reihe: Abhandlungen zum schweizerischen Recht, 708) Diss. Bern 2005 Braun, Nadja/Brändli, Daniel: E-voting: Swiss E-Voting Pilot Projects: Evaluation Analysis and How to Proceed, in: Krimmer, Robert (ed.): Electronic Voting 2006, Bonn 2006, p. 27-36 Braun, Nadja: E-Voting: Switzerland's Projects and their Legal Framework - in a European Context, in: Prosser, Alexander/Krimmer, Robert (ed.): Electronic Voting in Europe: Technology, Law, Politics and Society, Bonn 2004, p. 43-52