A Study on Blockchain Technology for the Future E-Voting Systems

Abstract

Due to the large population in places like India, traditional voting systems done in physical mode have many disadvantages like manipulation, security issues, transparency, and privacy issues. So, countries like India need to modernize their voting systems from traditional voting to electronic voting (e-voting). E-voting is an election system that uses electronic means to allow voters to cast votes with privacy, ballot security, and integrity. The e-voting systems use computers connected to the internet. The use of these technologies enables the government to successfully deal with the requirements associated with security, accuracy, scalability, auditability, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability. Based on the new technologies in voting, one recent technology that has attracted many is block chain technology. A block chain is a distributed digital ledger. This ledger is never stored but rather exists on the chain linked to data blocks or nodes connected to each other using encryption and hashing techniques, which makes voting secure. The current trends in block chain technology analysis are being discussed in this paper, highlighting the issues and challenges raised so far in the community regarding the privacy and security of the voter and the vote without putting complete trust in the third-party system.