IIT ISM students working on developing e-voting system using blockchain technology

The e-voting system is not only cost-effective but will also be flawless and tamper-proof. There will be no scope for questioning the voting system by the parties losing the elections, the team claims.

IIT ISM students working on developing e-voting system using blockchain technology

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad's first-year students are developing an e-voting system, based on Blockchain technology, that will be free from the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and ballot papers. Through this system, people will be able to cast their votes using their fingerprints with the help of laptops at the polling booths.

While speaking about the new system, one of the team members, Aditya Joshi, said, "The advantage of Blockchain technology-based voting systems includes the ability to vote from any place and prevent tampering of votes and assure voter anonymity and end-to-end verification and distributed ledger records," as reported by TNIE. The other includes Mohit Gupta, and Digvijay Anand and is led by Ravneet Singh. 

The e-voting system is not only cost-effective but will also be flawless and tamper-proof.  "We have prepared a project called the e-voting system which cannot be changed or tampered with, and if someone tries to tamper with it, the entire system will become corrupt. It has an additional security feature that would require the fingerprint of the person to cast their vote, which is linked with their Aadhaar card," said Ravneet.

As the new system will not require any ballot paper or EVM, it will be cost-effective, and will also involve few people as compared to the traditional voting system. Mohit, however, said that the project is still at the development stage and is likely to be completed within two to three months. "Even small elections at college and club level elections can be conducted through this e-voting system, which would be flawless and on which people could depend upon. The election results could also be obtained instantly which would also be quite reliable," said Mohit. 

There will be no scope for questioning the voting system by the parties losing the elections, the team claims.

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