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A Digital Voting Architecture Emphasizing Integrity, Trust, and Verifiability
Traditional election systems using paper ballots or electronic voting machines face challenges including counting errors, tampering, security concerns, and limited accessibility. This paper proposes a blockchainbased online voting system designed to address these shortcomings through decentralized and immutable vote recording. The application leverages blockchain technology to create a transparent, tamper-resistant, and auditable platform for conducting elections. Smart contracts enforce voting rules including one-voteper-voter constraints and voter eligibility verification. The system implements secure voter registration, OTP-based authentication, encrypted vote casting, and blockchain-based vote storage where each vote is cryptographically linked to previous records. Real-time vote counting eliminates manual tallying delays. Evaluation demonstrates 100% vote integrity (zero tampering instances), 99.7% system availability, and 73% reduction in result declaration time compared to traditional systems, while preserving complete voter anonymity.
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