Blockchain Powered Elections: A Secure and Transparent Approach
摘要
Elections form the backbone of a democratic system, but the electoral process still suffers from a lack of trust. Even in prominent democracies like India, the United States, and Japan, issues such as rigging of votes, hacking of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), electoral tampering, and capture of poll booths continue to taint elections [2, 5, 10]. This paper explores these issues and suggests an E-voting model using blockchain technology as a remedy. Blockchain is an open distributed ledger that is tamper-proof and secure, and it maintains voter anonymity and transparency in the electoral process [7, 9, 15]. Health blockchain platforms have been analyzed with blockchain as a service, showing their utility for security and transparency in the election process [6, 14]. Such technologies also have the capacity to enhance public confidence while increasing voting accessibility and reducing costs globally [11, 12]. Additionally, decentralization [5] in blockchain voting disenfranchises central control, thus limiting fraud and guaranteeing democratic elections [3, 17]. The model totally transforms elections by providing security, transparency, and trustworthiness to all stakeholders [4, 8].