A Decentralized and Biometrically Secured E-Voting Framework using Hybrid Encryption
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15662/IJEETR.2026.0802045Keywords:
Blockchain, Electronic Voting System, Biometric Authentication, Hybrid Encryption, AES, RSA, IPFS, CID, Smart Contracts, Decentralized SecurityAbstract
Electronic voting systems have been given more attention and popularity due to the potential of improving efficiency and availability of the voting process, nevertheless, the systems have continued to bring in various challenges in terms of security, transparency, athenticity of the voters and trust. The traditional central electronic voting systems have various disadvantages including data manipulation, single point failure, unauthorized access, etc. To eliminate the setbacks that were encountered by the traditional electronic voting systems, a new electronic voting system is introduced, which is termed as BLOCKVOTE. The new electronic voting system employs the principle of biometric authentication to authenticate the voter with the assistance of the blockchain concept and the concept of hybrid encryption based on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to encrypt the vote data and the use of Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) to authenticate the voters. The new electronic voting system also makes use of the notion of Content Identifier (CID) and InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) where the vote data is stored. The voting process, voter registration, casting, validation, and computing of the results, are handled by smart contracts and therefore, the voting process is automated and no human intervention is required at all. The architecture of the system makes the process verifiable, anonymous and resistant to common cyber attacks that may affect the integrity of the electoral process, including vote tampering, impersonation, and replay attacks. Out of the experiments, BLOCKVOTE is capable of the secure, transparent, and scalable management of the electoral process with a minimum latency, which is why it can be considered as part of the new outlook of digital democracy.
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