Use of Blockchain for E-Voting System

Abstract

Blockchain technology is gaining popularity in the past several years. It implementation ensures the ability to tackle the various challenges in different fields, including voting, finance, health care, and many more. Democratic voting process is an important and serious process in every country. The popular method for nations to vote is conventional paper voting and electronic ballot systems, Here in Sri Lanka the election is a dominant process which contributes with large amount of money and wastage of time as well as this process consists of major corruption and frauds. The Electronic Voting system is a voting system in which the voting process is recorded, copied, stored, and processed digital, allowing voting management activities easier than the traditional paper- based approach. Blockchain offers new opportunities to develop new types of applications. It provides authentication, anonymity, integrity, transparency, and accuracy. In this research Use of blockchain for E-Voting systems and reduce the cost of the traditional ballot system will discuss and compare.