Data Analytics, Computational Statistics, and Operations Research for Engineers

3 Blockchain for Electronic Voting System

Subba Reddy Bonthu, Suchismitaa Chakraverty, Nadimpalli siva subrahmanya Varma, Ramani S, and Marimuthu Karuppiah

DOI: 10.1201/9781003152392-3

CONTENTS

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Methods Used for Voting

3.2.1 Paper Ballots

3.2.2 E-Voting

3.2.3 I-Voting

3.3 Current E-Voting System Gaps

3.3.1 Deploying Proprietary Software

3.3.2 Nontransparency in Enlisting Software Version

3.3.3 Minimal Security against Day-to-Day Attacks

3.3.4 Incompatibility of Voting Machine and Voting Software

3.4 Introduction to Blockchain

3.4.1 Blockchain Network

3.4.2 Countries that Used Blockchain for Voting

3.4.2.1 Sierra Leone

3.4.2.2 Russia

3.5 Working of E-Voting Using Blockchain

3.5.1 Requesting for Vote

3.5.2 Casting ...