Iranian Society of Cryptology The ISC International Journal of Information Security 2008-2045 14 3 2022 10 01 An Electronic Voting Scheme Based on Blockchain Technology and Zero-Knowledge Proofs 123 133 162703 10.22042/isecure.2022.14.3.13 EN Sepehr Damavandi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. Sadegh Dorri Nogoorani Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. 0000-0001-7406-112X Journal Article 2022 12 11 <span dir="ltr" style="left: 331.59px; top: 512.042px; font-size: 16.6043px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.949531);" role="presentation">Voting is a fundamental mechanism used by many human societies, organizations </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 332.222px; top: 535.289px; font-size: 16.6043px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00376);" role="presentation">and nations to make collective decisions. There has been a tremendous effort </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 332.222px; top: 558.535px; font-size: 16.6043px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.994323);" role="presentation">on making this mechanism fairer, error-free and secure. Electronic voting aims </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 332.222px; top: 581.78px; font-size: 16.6043px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01243);" role="presentation">to be a solution to some deficiencies of existing paper-based voting systems. </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 331.373px; top: 605.027px; font-size: 16.6043px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01623);" role="presentation">While there have been excellent technical and practical advances in e-voting, </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 332.222px; top: 628.274px; font-size: 16.6043px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.0551);" role="presentation">and some of them were great in defining the needs and musts of an ideal </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 331.788px; top: 651.519px; font-size: 16.6043px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00097);" role="presentation">voting system, there are also severe critics of existing solutions mostly related </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 332.222px; top: 674.765px; font-size: 16.6043px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02283);" role="presentation">to end-to-end verifiability and software independence. In this paper, we use </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 332.222px; top: 698.012px; font-size: 16.6043px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.948529);" role="presentation">blockchain and zero-knowledge proofs for a secure e-voting scheme that satisfies </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 332.222px; top: 721.257px; font-size: 16.6043px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.980605);" role="presentation">these requirements while preserving the privacy of the voters. We also evaluate</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" style="left: 332.222px; top: 744.504px; font-size: 16.6043px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.983361);" role="presentation">our scheme from security and performance aspects.</span> https://www.isecure-journal.com/article_162703_63d8a8683ab9e0f1c6bf9fbcee5d9174.pdf