Mastering Blockchain - Second Edition

Voting

Voting in any government is a key function and allows citizens to participate in the democratic election process. While voting has evolved into a much more mature and secure process, it still has limitations that need to be addressed to achieve a desired level of maturity. Usually, the limitations in current voting systems revolve around fraud, weaknesses in operational processes, and especially transparency. Over the years, secure voting mechanisms (machines) have been built which make use of specialized voting machines that promised security and privacy, but they still had vulnerabilities that could be exploited to subvert the security mechanisms of those machines. These vulnerabilities can lead to serious implications for the whole ...