scholarly journals Electronic Voting System Using an Enterprise Blockchain

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 531
Author(s):  
Camilo Denis González ◽  
Daniel Frias Mena ◽  
Alexi Massó Muñoz ◽  
Omar Rojas ◽  
Guillermo Sosa-Gómez
Keyword(s):  
High Reliability ◽  
Electronic Voting ◽  
Consensus Method ◽  
Central Administration ◽  
Voting Systems ◽  
Computing Power ◽  
Counting Procedure ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Voting System ◽  
Electronic Voting System

Conventional electronic voting systems use a centralized scheme. A central administration of these systems manages the entire voting process and has partial or total control over the database and the system itself. This creates some problems, accidental or intentional, such as possible manipulation of the database and double voting. Many of these problems have been solved thanks to permissionless blockchain technologies in new voting systems; however, the classic consensus method of such blockchains requires specific computing power during each voting operation. This has a significant impact on power consumption, compromises the efficiency and increases the system latency. However, using a permissioned blockchain improves efficiency and reduces system energy consumption, mainly due to the elimination of the typical consensus protocols used by public blockchains. The use of smart contracts provides a secure mechanism to guarantee the accuracy of the voting result and make the counting procedure public and protected against fraudulent actions, and contributes to preserving the anonymity of the votes. Its adoption in electronic voting systems can help mitigate part of these problems. Therefore, this paper proposes a system that ensures high reliability by applying enterprise blockchain technology to electronic voting, securing the secret ballot. In addition, a flexible network configuration is presented, discussing how the solution addresses some of the security and reliability issues commonly faced by electronic voting system solutions.

scholarly journals Impact of Blockchain in the Voting System

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 117-122
Keyword(s):  
Review Paper ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Electronic Voting ◽  
Voting Systems ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
The People ◽  
Voting System ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Electronic Voting System ◽  
Democratic Country

Voting is important for any democratic country. It can be considered as one of the major factors that make a government for the people and by the people. The most common methods of voting that currently exist are ballot-based voting, purely electronic methods, and Electronic Voting Machines, among others. Over the years, it has been a challenge to build a secure E-voting program that provides the privacy of current voting systems while offering a means of accountability and versatility. Using blockchain technology and cryptography we can make the process of elections as open and cost-effective as possible. In this review paper we discuss a new, blockchain-based electronic voting system that addresses some of the limitations in existing systems and evaluates some of the popular systems designed to create a blockchain-based e-voting system.

scholarly journals Reliable Electronic Voting using Blockchain Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 2040-2043
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Electronic Voting ◽  
Voting Systems ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Crypto Currency ◽  
Voting System ◽  
Block Chain ◽  
Electronic Voting System ◽  
Democratic Country

Voting is the principal incident in any democratic country. Generally voting is done using ballots system, but this technique is ancient and can be easily sabotaged. There is a necessity to bring in new technologies to ensure effective implementation of digital voting systems. The security of digital voting is a significant aspect for implementation and must meet the requirements to be appropriate for trust worthiness. Block chain technology provides reliable electronic voting system that can be secured by adding more decision so that the possible attacks can be avoided. Block chain technology based on crypto currency implements diffused database architecture with transaction records secured by transactions.

scholarly journals Blockchain for Electronic Voting System—Review and Open Research Challenges

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (17) ◽  
pp. 5874
Author(s):  
Uzma Jafar ◽  
Mohd Juzaiddin Ab Aziz ◽  
Zarina Shukur
Keyword(s):  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Electronic Voting ◽  
Voting Systems ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Voting System ◽  
Online Voting ◽  
Election Systems ◽  
Electronic Voting System

Online voting is a trend that is gaining momentum in modern society. It has great potential to decrease organizational costs and increase voter turnout. It eliminates the need to print ballot papers or open polling stations—voters can vote from wherever there is an Internet connection. Despite these benefits, online voting solutions are viewed with a great deal of caution because they introduce new threats. A single vulnerability can lead to large-scale manipulations of votes. Electronic voting systems must be legitimate, accurate, safe, and convenient when used for elections. Nonetheless, adoption may be limited by potential problems associated with electronic voting systems. Blockchain technology came into the ground to overcome these issues and offers decentralized nodes for electronic voting and is used to produce electronic voting systems mainly because of their end-to-end verification advantages. This technology is a beautiful replacement for traditional electronic voting solutions with distributed, non-repudiation, and security protection characteristics. The following article gives an overview of electronic voting systems based on blockchain technology. The main goal of this analysis was to examine the current status of blockchain-based voting research and online voting systems and any related difficulties to predict future developments. This study provides a conceptual description of the intended blockchain-based electronic voting application and an introduction to the fundamental structure and characteristics of the blockchain in connection to electronic voting. As a consequence of this study, it was discovered that blockchain systems may help solve some of the issues that now plague election systems. On the other hand, the most often mentioned issues in blockchain applications are privacy protection and transaction speed. For a sustainable blockchain-based electronic voting system, the security of remote participation must be viable, and for scalability, transaction speed must be addressed. Due to these concerns, it was determined that the existing frameworks need to be improved to be utilized in voting systems.

scholarly journals A Liquid Democracy Enabled Blockchain-Based Electronic Voting System

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ch Anwar ul Hassan ◽  
Muhammad Hammad ◽  
Jawaid Iqbal ◽  
Saddam Hussain ◽  
Syed Sajid Ullah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Voting ◽  
Voting Systems ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
Liquid Democracy ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Voting System ◽  
Electronic Voting System ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Fine Tune

Developing an electronic voting system that meets the practical needs of administrators has been a difficult task for a long time. Now, blockchain technologies solve this problem by providing a distributed ledger with immutable, encrypted, and secure transactions. Distributed ledger technologies are an interesting technological leap in the field of data innovation, transparency, and trustability. In public blockchain, distributed ledger technology is widely used. The blockchain technology can be used in an almost infinite number of ways to benefit from sharing economies. The purpose of this study is to assess how blockchain may be utilized to build electronic voting systems that can be used as a service. The purpose of electronic voting systems is explained in this article, as are the technological and legal limitations of employing blockchain as a service. Then, using blockchain as a foundation, we propose a new electronic voting system that fixes the flaws we observed. In general, this paper evaluates the capabilities of distributed ledger technologies by depicting a contextual investigation in order to fine-tune the process of political election decisions and employing a blockchain-based application that improves security and lowers the cost of conducting nationwide elections.

Secure Electronic Voting System based on Mobile-app and Blockchain

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surbhi Dewan ◽  
Latika Singh ◽  
Neha Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Electoral System ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Electronic Voting ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Voting Systems ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Voting System ◽  
Electronic Voting System

Introduction: The notion of electronic voting has evolved over a period of time replacing the traditional system which was based on paper ballots. Several types of electronic voting systems exist, still the implementation is partial and there is a scope for improvement for making it more secure and user-friendly.Method In this paper, a proof-of-concept is presented which aims to address the issues and challenges in the electoral system, by using the concept of Ethereum blockchain and smart contracts. Result: These electronic electoral processes propose a centralized solution that can be easily tampered, thus increasing the problem of distrust in the citizens. To overcome this blockchain technology can be used for implementing mobile based electronic voting system. Blockchain technology is aiding in the development of novel digital services that are more secure and reliable. Discussion: The main objective of this paper is to depict how a feasible, secure and reliable mobile voting system can be built by implementing the concept of blockchain and smart contracts. Conclusion: The issue of security and transparency in the voting system can be addressed using blockchain technology. The present study aims to fulfil these gaps partially by providing use-case for the voting process which is based on mobile and blockchain technology.

scholarly journals Exploratory Review: Decentralized Voting System Using Blockchain

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1082-1086
Author(s):  
Hitesh Potdukhe
Keyword(s):  
Homomorphic Encryption ◽  
Error Rates ◽  
Electronic Voting ◽  
Disruptive Technology ◽  
Voting Systems ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Voting System ◽  
End To End ◽  
Electronic Voting System

Abstract: Electronic voting, often known as e-voting, has been utilized in various forms since the 1970s, with basic advantages over paper-based systems such as improved efficiency and lower error rates. However, achieving widespread acceptance of such systems remains a problem, particularly in terms of strengthening their resistance to possible failures. Blockchain is a modernday disruptive technology that promises to enhance the overall robustness of electronic voting systems. This article describes an effort to use blockchain's features, such as cryptographic underpinnings and transparency, to create an effective e-voting mechanism. The suggested method meets the basic requirements for electronic voting systems and provides end-to-end verifiability. The proposed e-voting method is described in depth, as well as its implementation on the Multichain platform. The article provides an in-depth analysis of the scheme, demonstrating its efficacy in achieving an end-to-end verifiable e-voting system. Electronic trust services are becoming an integral part of the information space. With the reliable implementation of basic services as an electronic signature and electronic authentication, it is possible to build more complex systems that rely on them, particularly the electronic voting system. In the paper, the new concept for developing a decentralized electronic voting system using blockchain technology is proposed. The two-level architecture provides a secure voting process without redundancy of existing (not based on blockchain) systems. The presented blockchain-based voting protocol ensures all requirements that are put forward to such types of protocols including voting transparency and anonymity. This project is aimed to design a decentralized e-voting system. The core idea is to combine the blockchain technology with secret sharing scheme and homomorphic encryption to realize the decentralized e-voting application without a trusted third party. It provides a public and transparent voting process while protecting the anonymity of voter’s identity, the privacy of data transmission and verifiability of ballots during the billing phase. Keywords: Blockchain, Multichain, authentication, decentralized, anonymity

scholarly journals Secure Electronic Voting System using Blockchain Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
D.Dwijesh Kumar ◽  
◽  
D.V. Chandini ◽  
Dinesh Reddy ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Voting ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Voting System ◽  
Electronic Voting System

scholarly journals E-Voting: Blockchain Based Voting For Secure Vote Casting

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 4797-4801
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Consensus Algorithm ◽  
Electronic Voting ◽  
Sybil Attack ◽  
Decentralized System ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Smart Contract ◽  
Voting System ◽  
Electronic Voting System ◽  
Algorithm Proof

A blockchain is decentralized immutable ledger technology maintaining integrity. So to conduct tamperproof election it’s one of the approach towards it. Smart contracts are Self executed code that is written on Ethereum platform in blockchain. An E-voting system should be completely secure and does not allow voting twice that is double spending in blockchain. So it should be completely transparent. In research work electronic voting application is implemented and tested using smart contract on Ethereum platform with the help of metamask wallet. The results of ballots and votes will be stored on Ethereum blockchain with the help of consensus algorithm proof of stake. This consensus is used in validating a transaction with concept of majority approval. Current electronic voting system requires a centralized authority to control the procedure from ballot input to result output and for monitoring of election. While blockchain technology provide decentralized system which is open across connected nodes. Blockchain assets provide increased level of system security from hacking and fraud. Every transaction in blockchain is time-stamped and signed digitally with the help of cryptographic algorithms, and it assigns unique hash value to every block so it can be trace easily. Blockchain technology is one of solutions because it embraces a decentralized system and the entire databases are owned by many users. The blockchain technology also has much vulnerability due to which many attacks like 51% attack, Double Spending attack, DDOS attack, Sybil attack, Eclipse attack and Routing attack can be performed on it.

scholarly journals Analysis of Homomorphic Cryptosystems of Benaloh and Paillier for the Construction of an Electronic Voting System

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-109
Author(s):  
W. Salman
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Electronic Voting ◽  
Voting Systems ◽  
Cryptographic Algorithms ◽  
Voting System ◽  
Electronic Voting System

The analysis of the performance of two cryptographic algorithms (Paillier and Benaloh), in order to apply them in the construction of electronic voting systems is carried out. A description of each system and their homomorphic properties is given. Electronic voting systems based on these schemes are described. The requirements for the voting system are formulated and a comparative analysis of the voting systems based on the schemes of Paillier and Benaloh is carried out. The analysis showed that the Paillier scheme is the best and simplest method for building secure electronic voting systems, while the Benaloh scheme is more complex and computationally more time-consuming.

Development of A Formal Security Model for Electronic Voting Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Katharina Bräunlich ◽  
Rüdiger Grimm
Keyword(s):  
Formal Model ◽  
System Security ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Electronic Voting ◽  
Security Model ◽  
Voting Systems ◽  
Common Criteria ◽  
Voting System ◽  
The Common ◽  
Electronic Voting System

Trust that an electronic voting system realizes the security requirements in an adequate manner is an essential premise for electronic elections. Trust in a system can be achieved by controlling the system security. There are two ways to assure system security. One way is the evaluation and certification of the implementation’s security by neutral experts. Another way is the verification of the outcome by the users. Both approaches, verification and certification, should be combined to reasonably justify the voter’s trust in the electronic voting system. In this paper a formal security model with respect to the requirements of Fairness, Eligibility, Secrecy and Receipt-Freeness, Verifiability and Protection against Precipitation is given. This formal model helps to clarify and truly understand these requirements. Furthermore, it can be used for the evaluation and certification of online voting products according to the Common Criteria.

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