Design and Development of Block Chain Technology Based Small Scale Institutional Voting System

Today most of our daily activities are led by the Internet like banking transactions, shopping, communication, transportation, and so on. Without the internet and its applications, we could not envision our lives. However, many areas need the introduction of the Internet. E-voting has been one such subject of research for many decades to provide a secure, transparent system. Developing a secured voting system is a challenging task as it includes many variables like vote tampering, transparency, security, scalability, etc. The introduction of blockchain technology has made us think about its incorporation into the voting system. Blockchain technology enables transparency, an immutable and secure system for conducting elections. Many implementations of voting systems exist some may fail in usability and others may in scalability, transparency, or security. Unlike existing blockchain voting systems, this implementation prioritizes real-time results, scalability, privacy, and layered access control. The system is being implemented using the Ethereum smart contract framework and meta mask tool. Research shows the Ethereum framework is the most popular choice with 34.91 % portion of the utilized framework. The proposed system focuses on automated winner declaration, decentralized voter registration, pending registered voter approval, and a user-friendly interface. This system has distinguished functionalities based on roles like Admin and User.