A DApp FOR E-VOTING USING BLOCKCHAIN-ENABLED SMART CONTRACTS

Abstract

Voting is one of the most prominent means to guarantee fair representation and equality during decision making. The larger the implication of each decision, the more the number of people engage in the process. As such, it can become challenging to correctly and efficiently keep a record of each participant’s eligibility and legitimacy to participate. On top of this, there are also other concerns including potential corruption and lack of transparency, which inhibits many from voting at all. In this project, we are proceeding to develop a DApp for the general voting system using blockchain technology. This report starts by discussing some of the blockchain and smart contract issues. Blockchain technologies offer a vast range of applications benefiting from sharing economies.

In this report, we will illustrate how blockchain can be used to transfer votes to the candidates. We will also explain how blockchain technology employed in the voting system more reliably without the need for a central authority. We will also explain the limitations and problems of blockchain technology. We have examined many blockchain technologies, i.e., Multichain, Ethereum open today to apply in our voting system. More generally this report evaluates the ability of distributed ledger technologies by the analysis of a case study i.e., the method of an election and executing a blockchain-based decentralized application which enhances the security and lowers the cost of hosting a national election.