BLOCKCHAIN FOR ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM

Abstract

Online voting is a trend that is gaining momentum in today’s world. It has great potential to truncate operational costs and increase voter turnout. It eliminates the necessity of printing ballot papers or opening polling booths-voters can vote from wherever there is an Internet connection and a smartphone. Despite these benefits, online voting solutions come with a high potential for new threats. A single vulnerability can lead to huge manipulations of votes. Electronic voting systems must be convenient along with safety, accuracy, and legitimacy when used for elections. Nonetheless, acceptance may be restricted by potential risks associated with the online voting system. Blockchain technology came into play to overcome these issues and offers decentralized nodes for electronic voting and is used to produce electronic voting systems mainly because of their end-to-end verification and security advantages. This Blockchain technology is a beautiful alternative for traditional EVM voting, with distributed, non-redundant, and security protection characteristics.