Improving the End to End Protection in E-voting using BVM - Blockchain based e-Voting Mechanism

Abstract

Abstract The voting is always a crucial topic of public attention for democratic reasons. Due to its simplicity, ease of use, and low cost, e-voting is frequently used for such decision outcomes. The tremendous authority and intervening data in current e-voting systems, however, make them risky and make it difficult to achieve correct equity and clarity in e-voting. By combining e-voting with blockchain technology, these issues are resolved while providing reorganisation and intervention-resistant characteristics. A voter's improper manipulation, such as absenteeism, frequent voting, or non-party voting, may also undermine fairness. A verifier is therefore required to check the e-voting mechanism in order to ensure its effectiveness and control the process equality and fairness. In this paper, a Blockchain based e-Voting Mechanism (BVM) is developed for providing the end to end security and fairness for the transparent voting. This mechanism also provides a Zero-knowledge Proof (ZP) based verifier to inspect the voting procedure against voter`s misoperations and uses a Master-key Administration (MA) based public key cryptography to attack prevention. The utilization of blockchain technology ensures transparency, tamper resistance, and a high level of data integrity, making it a promising choice for modernizing and enhancing the electoral process. Also the performance of BVM has been compared and analysed based on time complexity, security analysis, performance factors like delay and throughput and antiattack examination.