Problem statement
Traditional voting systems lack transparency and security, leading to concerns about fraud and disputes. The challenge is to create a modern, secure, and transparent voting system using blockchain, ensuring tamper-resistant records while maintaining voter anonymity.
Abstract
This project focuses on developing a blockchain-based voting system to address vulnerabilities in traditional elections. Blockchain’s decentralized nature enhances security and transparency. Smart contracts automate election rules for a fair process.The goal is to contribute to democratic evolution by providing a secure platform for elections.
Outcome
● Immutable Voting Records
Use blockchain for tamper-resistant voting records, preventing alterations.
● Decentralized and Transparent System
Utilize blockchain’s transparency to allow all participants to verify the integrity of the voting process
independently.
● Anonymous Voting
Maintain voter anonymity using blockchain’s cryptographic features.
● Smart Contract Automation
Implement smart contracts to automate election processes, reducing the need for intermediaries and
minimizing errors.
● Secure Identity Verification
Integrate secure and decentralized identity verification mechanisms, ensuring only eligible voters
participate.
● Public Accessibility
Make the blockchain ledger publicly accessible for independent verification of election results.
● Resilience to Cyber Attacks
Leverage blockchain’s cryptographic principles for resilience against cyber attacks.
● Documentation and Guidelines
Provide comprehensive documentation and guidelines for easy adoption and customization by
election authorities.
Reference
Building a secure electronic voting system that offers the fairness and privacy of current voting schemes, while providing the transparency and flexibility offered by electronic systems has been a challenge for a long time. In this work-in-progress paper, we evaluate an application of blockchain as a service to implement distributed electronic voting systems. The paper proposes a novel electronic voting system based on blockchain that addresses some of the limitations in existing systems and evaluates some of the popular blockchain frameworks for the purpose of constructing a blockchain-based e-voting system. In particular, we evaluate the potential of distributed ledger technologies through the description of a case study; namely, the process of an election, and the implementation of a blockchain-based application, which improves the security and decreases the cost of hosting a nationwide election.
- Top-to-Bottom Review | California Secretary of State, 2007.
- Nicholas Weaver, “Secure the Vote Today,” 2016.
- “Liquid democracy uses blockchain to fix politics and now you can vote for it,” 2018.
- Ajit Kulkarni, “How to Choose Between Public And Permissioned Blockchain For Your Project” in Chronicled, 2018.
- “What Are Smart Contracts? A Beginner’s Guide to Smart Contracts” in Blockgeeks, 2016.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8457919