McCorry, Patrick, Mehrnezhad, Maryam, Toreini, Ehsan et al. (2 more authors) (2021) On Secure E-Voting over Blockchain. Digital Threats: Research and Practice. 33. ISSN 2576-5337
Abstract
This article discusses secure methods to conduct e-voting over a blockchain in three different settings: decentralized voting, centralized remote voting, and centralized polling station voting. These settings cover almost all voting scenarios that occur in practice. A proof-of-concept implementation for decentralized voting over Ethereum's blockchain is presented. This work demonstrates the suitable use of a blockchain not just as a public bulletin board but, more importantly, as a trustworthy computing platform that enforces the correct execution of the voting protocol in a publicly verifiable manner. We also discuss scaling up a blockchain-based voting application for national elections. We show that for national-scale elections the major verifiability problems can be addressed without having to depend on any blockchain. However, a blockchain remains a viable option to realize a public bulletin board, which has the advantage of being a "preventive"measure to stop retrospective changes on previously published records as opposed to a "detective"measure like the use of mirror websites. CCS Concepts: • Security and privacy;
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | blockchain,boardroom voting,E-voting,Ethereum,national elections |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 24 Mar 2022 16:00 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 18:18 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3461461 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1145/3461461 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:185119 |