Blockchain-Based Election Infrastructures
IEEE International Smart Cities Conference 2018
Rafer Cooley, Shaya Wolf, Mike Borowczak,
Introduction
Students at the University of Wyoming designed two blockchain-based voting systems during a class offered only once at the University. The first system (re-use) branched Ethereum to leverage its security and privacy benefits. The second system (re-invent) created a new blockchain voting system which used two separate chains, one for validating voters and another for securing votes. This research looked at the benefits and flaws of current election systems as well as benefits and flaws of blockchain technology to improve upon the current election infrastructure. These systems aim to provide integrity, privacy and security to its users. Further, they strive to be fault-tolerant. Finally, these systems could be extended to mobile voting platforms and smart contracts. Based on current decentralized services, this research demonstrates a proof-of-concept that elections could benefit from blockchain-based systems. These types of systems would be ideal in smart cities to ensure the reliability of the voting procedure.
Bibtex Citation:
@INPROCEEDINGS{8656988, author={Cooley, Rafer and Wolf, Shaya and Borowczak, Mike}, booktitle={2018 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2)}, title={Blockchain-Based Election Infrastructures}, year={2018}, volume={}, number={}, pages={1-4}, doi={10.1109/ISC2.2018.8656988}}