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Blockchain Technology for Secure Electronic Voting

by Anita Thakur, A.J. Singh
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 175 - Number 23
Year of Publication: 2020
Authors: Anita Thakur, A.J. Singh
10.5120/ijca2020920755

Anita Thakur, A.J. Singh . Blockchain Technology for Secure Electronic Voting. International Journal of Computer Applications. 175, 23 ( Oct 2020), 7-11. DOI=10.5120/ijca2020920755

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author = { Anita Thakur, A.J. Singh },
title = { Blockchain Technology for Secure Electronic Voting },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Oct 2020 },
volume = { 175 },
number = { 23 },
month = { Oct },
year = { 2020 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 7-11 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume175/number23/31589-2020920755/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2020920755 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%A A.J. Singh
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%P 7-11
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Abstract

In a democracy, citizens of the country choose their favourite candidate by voting who represents them, therefore it is important for the elections to be reliable. Voting could be paper-based, E-voting, or I-voting. Lack of security and transparency could jeopardize the whole election process. Voters must be assured that their vote has been counted and counted correctly. Anyone having direct physical access to a voting machine and with malicious motives can lead to the vote manipulation. Blockchain (decentralized ledger technology) provides tremendous transparency and security to the voting system. It does not store the data in a central database instead all the node participating in the block chain can have access to the data. Apart from the decentralization blockchain also provides many assets to the E-voting, including anonymity, confidentiality, verifiability, and robustness, etc. Blockchain technology fulfills all the essential and desirable security requirements of the E-voting that have mentioned in this study. This study proposes blockchain-based secure E-voting that is fair, secure, and trustworthy.

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Computer Science
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Keywords

Electronic Voting Blockchain Smart contract Decentralization

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