option & non-repudiation. Upon integration, secure user authentication for e-voting supported blockchain network is projected efficiently. Blockchain voting will be implemented in various phases, and the most common steps are Initialization, Registration (Digi-cards), Ballot casting, Vote validation/verification, tallying Revealing results.

Significant Challenges: There are two primary challenges in enabling online voting:

1. A mechanism to authenticate the voter and 2. secure votes for counting after the voting process is over. Numerous studies and research suggested that these challenges be handled by the convergence of different emerging technologies using Blockchain, AI and ML. It seems the authentication is through using Aadhaar and facial recognition with the Voter ID or other databases. After being authenticated and cast, the votes stored on a Blockchain in an anonymized format. The cryptographic keys used to encrypt or decrypt the polls lead to validation and final tally results.

Benefit: Blockchain enables a real-time, immutable trail of all activities for a various regulator. This brings us a step closer to the highly transparent and clear governance and operating standard that many citizens in our country aspire. The government’s decision-making horizon depends on several considerations, and elections play a critical role in such a situation. At any time in our country, there are always upcoming elections to foresee of some sort — national, state, mid-term, etc. As elections frequently, there is a need for a system to provide control and security to the whole ecosystem.