A Mobile Blockchain-based E-voting System

Authors: Sourav Gogoi, Chaitanya Garud, Rutuj Khalane, Mitesh Wagh, Yogesh Gite

Country: India

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Abstract: Our country India, being the largest democratic country in the world organizes the largest elections in the world. Voting is a fundamental democratic activity it is essential to make sure that the governing body is elected through a fair election. India makes use of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to conduct major elections in an offline manner, which in itself is rather ineffective and not up to the mark. It requires large manpower and time to process and publish the results. Therefore, to be made effective, the system needs a change to overcome these disadvantages. Many nations utilize digital voting methods to solve the difficulties of paper balloting. It does not force the person’s physical appearance to vote, which makes things easier, but this method is not void of any faults and abuse either. A single flaw in the digital voting system may lead to massive vote-rigging, which is concerning. Voting methods for elections must be legal, accurate, safe, and convenient. However, any discrepancies with the digital voting methods may restrict acceptance. That being said, India suffers from a flawed electoral system making it vulnerable to ballot rigging, hacking of the EVM, election manipulation, and polling booth capturing. These dilemmas need to be addressed in order to make the voting process fair. Blockchain, due to its end-to-end verification capabilities is just the right technology to address these problems. Numerous countries are experimenting with blockchain-based voting systems as we speak. We have used blockchain technology in our proposed system for the anonymity, privacy, verifiability, mobility, integrity, security, and fairness it provides in voting. By using blockchain, our proposed system ensures security and provides voter-verifiability by keeping the voter information as a hash in the blockchain thereby providing protection against fraudulent activities. We analyzed our system’s performance based on its security and gas costs. It improves in terms of security characteristics and the related cost of the necessary infrastructure.

Keywords: E-voting, Blockchain, Hashing

Paper Id: 230207

Published On: 2023-06-01

Published In: Volume 11, Issue 3, May-June 2023

Cite This: A Mobile Blockchain-based E-voting System - Sourav Gogoi, Chaitanya Garud, Rutuj Khalane, Mitesh Wagh, Yogesh Gite - IJIRMPS Volume 11, Issue 3, May-June 2023.

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