Blockchain-based voter registry management system

In recent years, there has been a significant shift towards digitizing portals for user convenience and enhanced data security. Digitization of voter registration is required to manage vast data and protect sensitive information, and the current study focused on it to effectively address challenges such as duplicate entries, time delays, and mismatched voter information. Issues such as data ambiguity were sometimes encountered by the traditional voter registration method, making it difficult for users to trust the integrity of information. To address these challenges, the ecosystem was suggested to be decentralized using blockchain technology in the proposed design. All the essential elements of voter registration were considered, and the interplanetary file system (IPFS) was leveraged to seamlessly integrate multiple voter registration offices in the state or country. A consensus strategy was presented to enhance security while reducing communication costs for message exchange by 63%, and it required 53% less time than the proof of work (PoW) method, in which every node participated in the consensus. The proposed model for voter registration was more robust in exchanging messages confidentially, making it more viable in real-time scenarios. A more effective and secure approach to voter registration using blockchain technology was proposed in the study, which is able to address the current challenges in traditional voter registration methods.