A Study on Ways to Apply the Blockchain-based Online Voting System

Abstract

The blockchain is a technology designed to verify whether online financial transaction data has been tampered with or not. It has been proven to be reliable as it has been introduced into various fields requiring reliability as well as financial institutions around the world. As the introduction of blockchain technology is expected to bring about a lot of changes in the public service sector, technology adoption is also being reviewed in many countries around the world. In particular, the introduction of blockchain technology in the online voting sector has the advantage of enhancing the reliability, transparency and efficiency of voting. Therefore, in this paper, we analyze the institutional and technical problems that may occur when applying the blockchain technology to online voting system, and suggest ways of using it.