A Blockchain-Enabled Approach to Secure and Transparent Electronic Voting

Abstract

The need for secure and accessible electronic voting systems has become increasingly critical, particularly during global emergencies that restrict physical polling access. While existing e-voting solutions offer convenience, they face significant challenges in ensuring vote integrity, voter privacy, and system security. This paper presents a novel blockchain-based evoting system that combines the security features of distributed ledger technology with traditional voting requirements. Our system architecture integrates a Distributed Permission Ledger Technology (DPLT) layer for voter validation and an Ethereum blockchain layer for immutable vote recording. The implementation utilizes smart contracts for automated vote processing and cryptographic techniques to maintain voter anonymity while ensuring transparent verification. We compare it with traditional e-voting systems and come up with considerable improvements in terms of security, transparency, and cost-effectiveness. Results indicate that blockchain technology can address all the important electoral challenges, such as resistance to tampering, real-time auditing ability, and reduced infrastructure costs. Case studies' evaluations found that the system is quite feasible for largescale elections, especially during emergencies when physical voting becomes unfeasible. Potential implementation barriers, such as technical complexity and social acceptance, have also been highlighted as a basis for future activities in blockchainbased democratic processes.