Blockchain-based biometric election system

Abstract

The use of biometric technology in the electoral process has undoubtedly produced positive results in terms of protecting the electoral process, speeding up the results and enhancing the feeling of objectivity among the voters. But there is still room for falsification of election results, as the number of votes received by the candidates and the used ballot papers are kept centrally. It is also important to ensure the reliability of the templates for the biometric characteristics of the voters. In order to solve these problems, this work proposes the distributed database of key data, in particular, the blockchain storage technology. The electoral process scheme and the blockchain-based biometric election system architecture and protocols are elaborated according to the proposed method.