Publication Date

4-2024

School

School of Business

Major

Computer Science

Keywords

Blockchain, Voting Machines, Electronic Voting, Election Security, Decentralization

Disciplines

Technology and Innovation

Abstract

Blockchain is a popular technology that has found itself as the proposed solution to a variety of technological problems. In the case of voting machines, blockchain seems to show promise based on its unique attributes of immutability and decentralization. Reviewing the state of current voting machines, there is a displayed lack of support for direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machines in the general population due to the many controversies. By looking into the functionality of proposed blockchain systems and creating an implementation to test the functionality of a blockchain voting system while taking the data on voting machines into consideration, it can be concluded that the best solution would be to combine scanned paper ballots with a blockchain system.

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