Securing Democratic Elections to Protect E-Voting System via Cryptography in the United States

Graduate Assistant, Cyber Forensics MS Program, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
Email: ekrem.emeksiz@ubalt.edu (E.E.E.)
Manuscript received May 8, 2024; revised June 7, 2024; accepted July 18, 2024

Abstract—Electronic voting was proposed as an alternative and more reliable solution to the traditional voting system in the United States. Early efforts to integrate the old system into the new voting system consisted of various challenges. For instance, attackers, manipulators, or other criminal groups can collaborate with corrupt politicians and election officers who have falsified scores. Therefore, researches of various scholars were examined towards designing a highly secured e-voting system that would prevent hackers, corrupt politicians, and election officers from leveraging any form of fraudulent activities. The world cannot be a credible place without trustful elections to do anything. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature from different scholars and identify shortcomings in designing highly secured cryptographic methods to focus on current practices and future considerations of the United States`s e-voting system.

Keywords—E-voting system, Help America Vote Act (HAVA), Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) E-voting machines, E-voting frauds and cryptography, blockchain-based E-voting

Cite: Ekrem Ersen Emeksiz, "Securing Democratic Elections to Protect E-Voting System via Cryptography in the United States," International Journal of Blockchain Technologies and Applications vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 70-77, 2024.

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