A Quantum-Secure and Blockchain-Integrated E-Voting Framework with Identity Validation

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Autori principali: Poudel, Ashwin, Poudel, Utsav, Aryal, Dikshyanta, Nepal, Anuj, Pathak, Pranish, V, Subramaniyaswamy
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Poudel, Ashwin
Poudel, Utsav
Aryal, Dikshyanta
Nepal, Anuj
Pathak, Pranish
V, Subramaniyaswamy
author_facet Poudel, Ashwin
Poudel, Utsav
Aryal, Dikshyanta
Nepal, Anuj
Pathak, Pranish
V, Subramaniyaswamy
contents The rapid growth of quantum computing poses a threat to the cryptographic foundations of digital systems, requiring the development of secure and scalable electronic voting (evoting) frameworks. We introduce a post-quantum-secure evoting architecture that integrates Falcon lattice-based digital signatures, biometric authentication via MobileNetV3 and AdaFace, and a permissioned blockchain for tamper-proof vote storage. Voter registration involves capturing facial embeddings, which are digitally signed using Falcon and stored on-chain to ensure integrity and non-repudiation. During voting, real-time biometric verification is performed using anti-spoofing techniques and cosine-similarity matching. The system demonstrates low latency and robust spoof detection, monitored through Prometheus and Grafana for real-time auditing. The average classification error rates (ACER) are below 3.5% on the CelebA Spoof dataset and under 8.2% on the Wild Face Anti-Spoofing (WFAS) dataset. Blockchain anchoring incurs minimal gas overhead, approximately 3.3% for registration and 0.15% for voting, supporting system efficiency, auditability, and transparency. The experimental results confirm the system's scalability, efficiency, and resilience under concurrent loads. This approach offers a unified solution to address key challenges in voter authentication, data integrity, and quantum-resilient security for digital systems.
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spellingShingle A Quantum-Secure and Blockchain-Integrated E-Voting Framework with Identity Validation
Poudel, Ashwin
Poudel, Utsav
Aryal, Dikshyanta
Nepal, Anuj
Pathak, Pranish
V, Subramaniyaswamy
Cryptography and Security
The rapid growth of quantum computing poses a threat to the cryptographic foundations of digital systems, requiring the development of secure and scalable electronic voting (evoting) frameworks. We introduce a post-quantum-secure evoting architecture that integrates Falcon lattice-based digital signatures, biometric authentication via MobileNetV3 and AdaFace, and a permissioned blockchain for tamper-proof vote storage. Voter registration involves capturing facial embeddings, which are digitally signed using Falcon and stored on-chain to ensure integrity and non-repudiation. During voting, real-time biometric verification is performed using anti-spoofing techniques and cosine-similarity matching. The system demonstrates low latency and robust spoof detection, monitored through Prometheus and Grafana for real-time auditing. The average classification error rates (ACER) are below 3.5% on the CelebA Spoof dataset and under 8.2% on the Wild Face Anti-Spoofing (WFAS) dataset. Blockchain anchoring incurs minimal gas overhead, approximately 3.3% for registration and 0.15% for voting, supporting system efficiency, auditability, and transparency. The experimental results confirm the system's scalability, efficiency, and resilience under concurrent loads. This approach offers a unified solution to address key challenges in voter authentication, data integrity, and quantum-resilient security for digital systems.
title A Quantum-Secure and Blockchain-Integrated E-Voting Framework with Identity Validation
topic Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.16034