Numerous elections throughout history have made use of emerging technologies in one way or another. Enhanced security on evoting system using block chain. A proposed voting system satisfies the following requirements, eligibility. Securing evoting based on blockchain in p2p network. Utilizing combinations of voting technologies is also possible, depending on the needs of the event. Election and blockchain technology e voting is implemented in countries like estonia. The impact of electronic voting machines on electoral. In this paper we use countylevel data on voting technologies in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections to test whether voting. A study on decentralized evoting system using blockchain. Electronic voting machine based on blockchain technology.
This electronic voting system will enable an eligible voter to vote at any polling site statewide during an election period. Some countries, especially in europe, began piloting e voting. Electronic voting technology can include punched cards, optical scan voting systems and specialized voting kiosks including selfcontained directrecording electronic voting systems, or dre. The impact of electronic voting machines on electoral frauds.
Electronic voting, to be successful, requires a more transparent and secure approach, than is offered by current protocols. Issn 22502459, volume 2, issue 10, october 2012 new system of e voting using fingerprint firas hazzaa1, seifedine kadry2 1 arts, sciences and technology university, lebanon, email. Many of them depend on such technology for the communication of election data. Evoting using blockchain technology written by abhishek subhash yadav, yash vandesh urade, ashish uttamrao thombare published on 20200714 download full. Pdf building a secure electronic voting system is a difficult task. Evoting and media effects, an exploratory study lse. Providing accessibility to such a diverse population is an important engineering problem and one where, if other security is done well, electronic voting could be. Electronic voting technology drc june 2018 2 2 electronic voting technology thus threatens electoral transparency as well as the overall credibility of congos electoral process. Keywords e voting, smartcontracts, blockchain, ethereum i. Jan 24, 2011 electronic voting machines it had been using, and in ireland 52 million1 worth of electronic voting machines were bought but only used for a small pilot project. Consider solutions for proper identification and authentication of a voter ready to submit an electronic ballot smart card, id card, etc. Until the disputed 2000 presidential election, most voters didnt give a second thought to how they cast their ballots, but since then, voting technology has. These in turn have prompted public outcry about security problems.
Two fundamental requirements for e voting systems are in con ict. The introduction of electronic voting machines evms to conduct elections is a major step for any country. Introduction blockchain technology that shines like a star after the entrance and widespread acceptance of bitcoin 1, the very. Design and implementation of an electronic voting system. There have been talks about an electronic voting system but sweden has seen no effect of. Electronic voting machines the international foundation for. A guide to conducting feasibility studies and was the lead ifes researcher on the evaluation of various facets of the internet voting pilot in norway. Furthermore, the use of electronic voting and counting technologies in the united states is deeply controversial and. However, it is important to note that no e voting technology process can be fully divorced from the political and social context of the larger electoral process.
Digital voting with the use of blockchain technology. When talking about evm, we mostly think of a dre a machine on which the voter makes the ballot choice directly without first marking a paper ballot, hence the. However, the vast majority of experts would now acknowledge thateven though there are many reported and ongoing problems with systems that. E voting allows a voter to record his or her secure and secret ballot electronically.
Evoting technology evoting technology is a web based application in which voter can use hisher voting right online without any difficulty. Supporters of touchscreen voting claim it is a highly reliable voting technology, while a growing number of critics argue that paperless electronic voting systems are vulnerable to fraud. This inherent complexity can only be addressed with a conceptual model, such as the e voting mirabilis that describes the influence factors of technology, law, politics and society and that. Ethereum ethereum 3 is an open blockchain platform that lets anyone build and use decentralized applications that leverage ethereum platform. The electronic voting has emerged over time as a replacement to the paperbased voting to reduce the redundancies and inconsistencies. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of e voting compared with regular voting in a polling station. The current e voting technology is not problemfree. The evidence and analysis in this case study suggest that e voting might serve as a powerful tool to augment the participation rate, the quality of voting. E voting is a common internet infrastructure that enables the. A voter may change hisher electronic vote during the advance voting period by casting another vote electronically or by voting at a polling station by paper. Pdf evoting secured nfc voting ijsrd international. The underlying technology used in the voting system is a.
Benefits can include the inhibition of pollingstation. Read asking the right questions about electronic voting at. Read asking the right questions about electronic voting. Electronic voting technology can speed up the counting of ballots and provide improved accessibility for disabled voters. Each technology comes accompanied by its own pros and cons. In todays world, most leaders are chosen not by appointment but usually by election. In recent years, information technology has greatly affected all aspects of life, and to a large extent, this includes politics. The system will check all information entered and, if matched with a valid voter, the user will be authorized to cast a vote 3. Evoting nir kshetri and jeffrey voas evoting is among the key public sectors that can be disrupted by blockchain technology. Pros and cons of electronic voting ezvote online voting.
International journal of research in engineering and technology eissn. Top 10 advantages and disadvantages of electronic voting. E voting experts should focus principally on the testing and assessment of the voting technology itself. In this thesis the student will perform a study of modern solutions and technologies for electronic voting. Estonia has had electronic voting since 2005 and in 2007 was the first country in the world to allow online voting. In 2005, estonia became the first country in the world to hold nationwide elections using this method, and in 2007, it made headlines as the first country to use i voting in parliamentary elections. Evoting technology the future of democracy presented by. E voting, like the introduction of any new technology, which must be adopted with caution, could be disastrous if rushed on the electorates without regards to the associated risks. Introduction choosing leaders is one activity that is carried out in every society. In order to choose people to various positions different methods have been set up, with researchers continually trying to find improvement to the. This paper provides a systematic overview of the major constitutional and legalaspects of evoting, together with their technical implications. The inherent challenges of e voting are considerable and linked to the complexities of electronic systems and procedures. This paper lays out a set of criteria for a ideal voting system and examines the security issues of both traditional and dre. The impact of electronic voting machines on electoral frauds, democracy, and development debnath, sisir y indian school of business isb kapoor, mudit z indian statistical institute isi, delhi.
Address and pay particular attention to the problem of undue influence. Consider costs related to large scale e voting, on a short term as well as a long term. Ingle4 1,2,3 student 4assistant professor 1,2,3,4 department of computer engineering 1,2,3,4 bharati vidyapeeth college of engineering, navi mumbai400614 abstract due to embedded. As a whole, international election observation organizations have had relatively little experience observing elections in which e voting technologies are used. Legislative and technical challenges have arisen in some cases. The aim of this study is to design an electronic voting system based upon the electoral process adopted in ghana. E voting are generally used in government elections like general elections, state legislative assembly elections etc. This case study examines how these systems have worked in the test cantons of geneva and zurich. There are several international documents defining requirements for evoting enlisted in alphabetical order. Ifespket electronic voting machine factsheet d10 20141120 en page 1 of 5 introduction the use of electronic voting technology in elections was introduced in 1964 when punch cards and computer tally machines were first used in the united states us presidential primaries in two counties in the state of georgia. The evidence and analysis in this case study suggest that e voting might serve as a powerful tool to augment the participation rate, the quality of voting, and aid in the implementa. Washington state register, electronic voting requirements, 200505 wsr 52 2005. The influence of permutable information on evoting. Voting uses technologies that range from handcounted paper ballots to electronic voting machines resembling bank atms.
We describe the nature and implications of this conflict, and. E voting currently widely used by some countries in the world, for example in estonia. More specifically, this paper aims at identifying the mo tives underlying the policy to adopt evoting in village leader elections in musi rawas. Electronic voting machine based on blockchain technology and.
Introduction the use of technology has become common place at this point in helping to meet human needs. Electronic voting massachusetts institute of technology. Ballot on demand votecenterpolling place remote accessible vote by mail system electronic pollbook alameda dominion imagecast central 5. A dre system with a printer attachment, or even a traditional optical scan system e. E voting has been introduced prematurely to national elections in many countries worldwide. Mechanical voting systems, optical scan voting machines, and dre systems have all been introduced in order to make vote counting and result tabulation faster. There are clear and probably compelling advantages to specifying and purchasing voting systems on a statewide basis rather than county by county, as is currently the case in the u. Discuss and assess the recommendation of e voting by means of internet technology in as well as outside the polling stations, 6. The country has been using the e voting system since 2005 and in 2007 conducted online voting and was the first country in the world to conduct online voting.
This is also implemented in other organization like. This meeting, called developing a draft methodology for observing electronic voting technologies, built on the results of a previous workshop hosted by the center in 2005 on the challenges posed by. The approach presented in this paper involves a protocol developed on blockchain technology. Pdf new system of evoting using fingerprint seifedine. Political analysis may best be left to other team members. Deja vu in july 2016, a south korean delegation composed of both government officials and representatives. Evoting using blockchain technology written by abhishek subhash yadav, yash vandesh urade, ashish uttamrao thombare published on 20200714 download full article with reference data and citations. However, the council of europes recommendation on standards for e voting adopted in 2004, updated in 2017 is a useful reference. Without using lowenergy communication, it is hard to imagine that fiberoptic cables and virtual machines can interfere to realize this objective. In considering the purchase of any given voting system. A voting system must be comprehensible to and usable by the entire voting population, regardless of age, in. Abstractbuilding an electronic voting system that satisfies the legal requirements of legislators has been a challenge for a long time. The underlying technology used in the voting system is a payment scheme, which offers anonymity of.
Electronic voting and te counting technologies chnologi. However, electronic voting is could also facilitate electoral fraud. There are technical and organizational barriers which must be resolved before the use of e voting can be recommended in such a critical context. E voting has many uses, including increasing participation among voters abroad and making elections more inclusive for voters with disabilities. Trustworthy electronic voting using adjusted blockchain. The current voting system in sweden is neither effective nor accurate. To use a digitalcurrency analogy, bev issues each voter a wallet containing a user credential. Electronic voting when evaluating the rationale for potentially introducing electronic voting technology, monitors from political contestants and civic organizations should examine the reasoning and claims provided by advocates of the specific electronic technology, for example, optical scanning or dre voting systems. Eventually, the current voting system is however far from what it should deliver.
This paper suggests a framework by using effective hashing techniques to ensure the security of. The carter center handbook on observing electronic voting. In this project we address the question to which extent electronic media evoting influence the articulation of political preferences and opinions by citizens, and. Aadhar card, biometric, electronic voting machine, fingerprint verification, blockchain. Consider the use of an electronic population registry, and its implications for an e voting system, 12. Pdf the design of an electronic voting system semantic. In the whole world, estonia is the first country to conduct online voting using blockchain technology since 2005. International journal of emerging technology and advanced engineering website. Developing a methodology for observing electronic voting. Why did the election of 2000 produce such a crisis in con.
Depending on one or more communication channels in order to run elections poses many technical challenges with respect to verifiability, dependability, security, anonymity and trust. Many election officials look to electronic voting systems as a means for improving their ability to more effectively c. Electronic voting the international foundation for electoral systems. A survey of modern electronic voting technologies core. Jun 11, 2016 electronic voting systems are those which depend on some electronic technology for their correct functionality. Blockchain technology provides a decentralized architecture that distributes digital. Challenges in designing an electronic voting system. After the legislation failed to pass, 19 argentinian university professors and information security professionals signed a statement expressing their satisfaction. Voting technologies in use by county as of october 15, 2020 subject to change. Modern democracies are built up on voting system, whether traditional ballot based or electronic voting e voting. The historical perspective presented in the last two decades suggests that it has not been so successful due to the security and privacy flaws observed over time. The dre voting system is a computer on the precinct with a screen to display the ballot. Blockchain is emerging as a very potential technology for e voting as it satisfies the essential requirements for. Learning from the bitter experience of irregularities and associated violence in its 2007 elections, kenya decided to implement a range of election technologies.
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