Electronic Voting: Review and Challenges

Electronic voting (e-voting) is the use of electronic systems and technologies in elections to cast and count votes. There are several types of electronic voting systems, including Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) systems, Optical Scan Systems, Internet Voting, and Remote Electronic Voting, among others. It is a means of improving and strengthening democratic processes in modern information societies. E-voting has the potential to provide several advantages over traditional paper-based voting methods, including increased efficiency, accessibility, and accuracy. It does, however, raise some concerns and challenges that must be addressed in order to ensure the Transparency, privacy, integrity, and security of the voting process. This paper aims to present some requirements of the voting system and give a review of scholarly studies that proposed various schemes and systems to meet the conditions necessary for a highly secure electronic voting system. It offers also an overview of the experiences of various countries that have implemented electronic voting systems, highlighting their successes and challenges.