TY - GEN
T1 - Framework for integrated blockchain artifact for management of election results in developing country context
AU - Mombazaa, Gilbert Kpelim Etime
AU - Boateng, Richard
AU - Kolog, Emmanuel Awuni
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© AMCIS 2021.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - General elections around the world are habitually marked with disputes especially on results obtained by each candidate in the elections. The phenomenon hitherto was common to developing countries but recently, well established democracies have succumbed to the challenge. Lack of trust among stakeholders, tamper-proneness of current election systems and lack of transparency are some of the key causal factors. In response to this predicament, notable effort has been invested in studies promoting blockchain based e-voting systems. However, public confidence and trust are key ingredients for the success and widespread acceptance of Blockchain Enabled Voting (BEV). This study presents an Integrated Blockchain Artifact for Management of Election Results (IBAMER) aimed at building public confidence and trust gradually towards general adoption of BEV systems. Using Ghana Electoral process as a context, the exemplar system integrates Blockchain with voter Biometric Verification Device (BVD) to realize an added function of secure vote recording. The potential system is projected to promote good economic policies and governance by enhancing quality of public elections.
AB - General elections around the world are habitually marked with disputes especially on results obtained by each candidate in the elections. The phenomenon hitherto was common to developing countries but recently, well established democracies have succumbed to the challenge. Lack of trust among stakeholders, tamper-proneness of current election systems and lack of transparency are some of the key causal factors. In response to this predicament, notable effort has been invested in studies promoting blockchain based e-voting systems. However, public confidence and trust are key ingredients for the success and widespread acceptance of Blockchain Enabled Voting (BEV). This study presents an Integrated Blockchain Artifact for Management of Election Results (IBAMER) aimed at building public confidence and trust gradually towards general adoption of BEV systems. Using Ghana Electoral process as a context, the exemplar system integrates Blockchain with voter Biometric Verification Device (BVD) to realize an added function of secure vote recording. The potential system is projected to promote good economic policies and governance by enhancing quality of public elections.
KW - Blockchain based voting
KW - Blockchain enabled voting
KW - E-voting
KW - Electronic vote recording
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85118683439
T3 - 27th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2021
BT - 27th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2021
PB - Association for Information Systems
T2 - 27th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2021
Y2 - 9 August 2021 through 13 August 2021
ER -