Secure Electronic voting protocol with partial Homomorphic encryption with Paillier algorithm
Rejeti Kartik, Vanipenta Pavan Kumar Reddy, Peta Sandeep, Revanth Krishna Verma, C. R. Kavitha · 2024
Voting on online platforms can cause many issues in the entire process. The choices given may not be great if they are recommended by the audience. The votes are displayed, sometimes with the names of the voters and with neither anonymity nor confidentiality kept in mind. The creation of a secure protocol for electronic voting is important for these reasons. The application of a homomorphic encryption system integrated into a e-voting software, where the voters can vote to which even choice they want and the vote is anonymously given and the admin will not know who gave the vote. The final tally will be displayed at the end of voting time and hence no live tracking is possible. The identity will be hidden for all, while the vote will be encrypted and sent to a tally server which aggregates them and finally decrypts the final results. This approach readily addresses challenges regarding security and transparency.