Mauvote: A Novel Mobile Electronic Voting System Using Blockchain

Being able to vote is seen as a key democratic right in many countries. Traditional means and ways of voting include the paper-based means, followed by counting. With this approach, registration procedures are sometimes difficult and the voters are expected to be physically present in the voting centers. This at times can be factors that discourage voters to vote. Electronic voting is also common but the latter can be subject many security threats, including tampering with the voting data and tampering with electronic voting systems. To overcome the issues described above, this research proposes MauVote, a novel blockchain-based voting system. The decentralized nature of blockchain eventually ensures that all transactions are immutable and recorded transparently. This greatly helps to reduce the threats of unauthorized access and alteration of data. The proposed system also makes use of OTP-based recovery and biometric authentication through a mobile app, contributing to the security of the voting process