Blockchain for Electronic Voting System-Review and Open Research Challenges.

Area of Science:

• Computer Science
• Information Technology
• Cybersecurity

Background:

• Online voting presents opportunities to reduce costs and increase turnout but faces security concerns.
• Traditional electronic voting systems have limitations that hinder widespread adoption.
• Blockchain technology emerges as a potential solution for secure and transparent electronic voting.

Purpose of the Study:

• To provide an overview of blockchain-based electronic voting systems.
• To examine the current research status and challenges of blockchain in voting.
• To predict future developments in blockchain-based online voting.

Main Methods:

• Conceptual description of a blockchain-based electronic voting application.
• Introduction to the fundamental structure and characteristics of blockchain for voting.
• Analysis of existing research on blockchain voting systems and their challenges.

Main Results:

• Blockchain technology can address several issues in current election systems.
• Key challenges for blockchain in voting include privacy protection and transaction speed.
• Remote participation security and transaction speed are critical for sustainable systems.

Conclusions:

• Blockchain offers significant advantages for electronic voting, including enhanced security and transparency.
• Further research and development are needed to overcome privacy and scalability limitations.
• Improvements in existing frameworks are necessary for the successful implementation of blockchain-based voting systems.