Decentralized Voting System

This project presents an idea for a decentralized voting system made in React and using the Ethereum blockchain as the backbone to store information regarding the voting process. The vote is represented as an ERC721 token which is transferred to a candidate and consumed. The system itself consists of four user roles:

• Issuers (issues votes)
• Candidates
• A Contract Owner (creates candidates and issuers)
• Voters (transfer votes to candidates)

The candidate itself cannot reuse the votes transferred to him and at the end of the voting process the candidate with the most tokens wins.

Voting Process Diagram

Advantages of using a Blockchain for a voting system

• The voting process is transparent and clearly defined
• The double-spending of votes is not possible

Disadvantages of using a Blockchain for a voting system

• Voter anonymity is compromised even though we use only a public address
• Each voting action costs ether

Possible Improvements

• Holding Candidate data (E.g: CV, Candidate Vision Plan) on IPFS
• Mixing transactions or other procedures to offer voters better anonymity
• Multiple other improvements...