Research Article

Digital Voting Systems Deploying the use of Blockchain Technology

by  Edward Danso Ansong, Joshua Appiah, Benjamin Odoi-Lartey
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 178 - Issue 53
Published: Sep 2019
Authors: Edward Danso Ansong, Joshua Appiah, Benjamin Odoi-Lartey
10.5120/ijca2019918992
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Edward Danso Ansong, Joshua Appiah, Benjamin Odoi-Lartey . Digital Voting Systems Deploying the use of Blockchain Technology. International Journal of Computer Applications. 178, 53 (Sep 2019), 1-4. DOI=10.5120/ijca2019918992

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                        author  = { Edward Danso Ansong,Joshua Appiah,Benjamin Odoi-Lartey },
                        title   = { Digital Voting Systems Deploying the use of Blockchain Technology },
                        journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
                        year    = { 2019 },
                        volume  = { 178 },
                        number  = { 53 },
                        pages   = { 1-4 },
                        doi     = { 10.5120/ijca2019918992 },
                        publisher = { Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA }
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                        %A Benjamin Odoi-Lartey
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                        %I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Blockchain is a list of records called blocks which are linked through the use of cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp and transaction data. A summary of the all transactions are kept in a mekle tree root hash and stored as part of the header of a block. By design blockchain is highly resistant to modification of data. The case study uses blockchain technology to deploy a digital voting system and tries to provide a more decentralized approach to digital voting

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Keywords

Blockchain voting technology distributed decentralized

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