Multi-Candidate Voting Model Based on Blockchain

【Author】 Xu, Dongliang; Shi, Wei; Zhai, Wensheng; Tian, Zhihong

【Source】IEEE-CAA JOURNAL OF AUTOMATICA SINICA

【影响因子】7.847

【Abstract】Electronic voting has partially solved the problems of poor anonymity and low efficiency associated with traditional voting. However, the difficulties it introduces into the supervision of the vote counting, as well as its need for a concurrent guaranteed trusted third party, should not be overlooked. With the advent of blockchain technology in recent years, its features such as decentralization, anonymity, and non-tampering have made it a good candidate in solving the problems that electronic voting faces. In this study, we propose a multi-candidate voting model based on the blockchain technology. With the introduction of an asymmetric encryption and an anonymity-preserving voting algorithm, votes can be counted without relying on a third party, and the voting results can be displayed in real time in a manner that satisfies various levels of voting security and privacy requirements. Experimental results show that the proposed model solves the aforementioned problems of electronic voting without significant negative impact from an increasing number of voters or candidates.

【Keywords】Privacy; Distributed ledger; Smart contracts; Forgery; Real-time systems; Blockchains; Encryption; Blockchain; multi-candidate voting model; voting; voting anonymity confusion algorithm

【发表时间】2021 DEC

【收录时间】2022-01-01

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