What is it about?
This research addresses the problem of creating secure, anonymous, and private electronic voting systems. Traditional online voting methods face serious challenges such as voter privacy risks, vote tampering, and lack of trust from the public. Ensuring that votes are both secure and truly anonymous is critical for democratic processes, especially when voting moves from paper ballots to digital platforms. The study proposes a new approach that uses distributed technologies based on blockchain to build an electronic voting system. Blockchain helps ensure that voting data cannot be altered once recorded and that the identity of voters remains private and anonymous. The system combines cryptographic techniques with blockchain’s decentralized structure to create a voting method that is transparent, trustworthy, and resistant to tampering. By using these technologies, the research aims to increase public confidence in digital voting, protect voter privacy, and make electronic elections more reliable and secure. This has important implications for future voting systems in governments, organizations, and anywhere that secure and private decision-making is needed.
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Why is it important?
Electronic voting is becoming increasingly relevant as societies look for faster, more accessible, and digital ways to conduct elections. However, concerns about privacy, anonymity, and vote manipulation remain major barriers to public trust. Without strong guarantees of security and confidentiality, electronic voting systems risk undermining democratic processes instead of strengthening them. This research is important because it proposes a blockchain-based approach that directly addresses these challenges. By combining distributed ledger technology with cryptographic mechanisms, the system ensures that votes cannot be altered while keeping voter identities fully anonymous. Unlike traditional centralized systems, this decentralized model reduces the risk of single points of failure or manipulation. The work contributes to ongoing global discussions about secure digital governance and demonstrates how emerging technologies can be responsibly applied to protect democratic integrity in the digital age.
Perspectives
From my perspective, this research represents an important step toward bridging technology and democratic trust. While blockchain is often associated with cryptocurrencies, its real transformative value lies in ensuring transparency, integrity, and security in critical public systems such as elections. Electronic voting must balance two essential principles: transparency of results and strict voter anonymity. This study explores how distributed technologies can support both simultaneously. I believe future developments should further focus on scalability, usability, and regulatory alignment to make such systems practical for real-world national elections. The broader vision is not only about digitizing voting, but about building digital systems that citizens can trust. Ensuring privacy, anonymity, and security is fundamental to maintaining confidence in democratic institutions in an increasingly digital world.
Dr.Sc. Vehbi Neziri
University for Business and Technology
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This page is a summary of: Assuring Anonymity and Privacy in Electronic Voting with Distributed Technologies Based on Blockchain, Applied Sciences, May 2022, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/app12115477.
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