9Secure Blockchain-Based E-voting System for Smart Governance

Raja Muthalagu, Pranav M. Pawar, Ashish Kumar Jha, Karan Sharma and Kavya Parthasarathy

DOI: 10.1201/9781003353034-9

9.1 INTRODUCTION

One of the pillars of democracy is that elections must be conducted freely and fairly as it serves as a way for the public to express their opinions without fear. In most democracies, the new generation of voters shows reluctance towards the old and outdated process [1]. To overcome this hurdle, E-voting is being promoted as the solution [2, 3]. And as of today, globally prominent organizations have adopted E-voting as the official solution. Estonia used E-voting in 2005, and in 2009 it used E-voting for the national elections and was the first country ...

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