Defense Method against an Attack of Incorrect Ballot Filling in a Remote Electronic Voting System

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The remote electronic voting system based on homomorphic encryption and blockchain technologies is analyzed. The existing methods of protecting the voting system from an attack related to incorrect filling a ballot by the voter are studied. The method to protect against an attack of violation of the rules for filling a ballot as a whole is developed, which increases the security of voting system by ensuring secrecy of total number of votes given by voter during the verification correctness of filling a ballot.

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V. A. Yakovlev

The Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications

Email: yakovlev.va@sut.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-2861-9605

V. D. Salman

The Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications

Email: salman.vd@sut.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4454-7844

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