VoteChain

Make Your Voice Heard: Vote for Change

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Overview

Welcome to the "VoteChain" – a pioneering platform utilizing ResilientDB and GraphQL, a cutting-edge blockchain technology, to revolutionize the landscape of electronic voting systems. Our primary focus is to ensure a secure and transparent voting process while emphasizing the significance of each voter's singular vote.

VoteChain is designed to guarantee the permanence of votes, enabling every participant to cast a single vote per election. Our system strictly prohibits multiple votes, ensuring the integrity and fairness of the electoral process.

One of the standout features of VoteChain is its user-friendly interface and the provision of a dedicated admin panel. Within the admin panel, a comprehensive display of all elections and their respective candidates' votes is showcased. These statistics are presented dynamically through visually intuitive representations such as bar graphs, pie charts, and polar area charts.

At VoteChain, we are committed to fostering a trustworthy environment where the sanctity of each vote is upheld. Our utilization of ResilientDB technology ensures the highest standards of security, transparency, and reliability in electronic voting, empowering individuals to participate in the democratic process with confidence.

Overview

Features

Secure and Transparent Election

Ensures a secure, tamper-proof voting process with transparent results through blockchain technology.

Single Voting Instance

Allows each voter to cast only one vote per election, preventing multiple voting instances for fairness.

Immutable Votes

Utilizes blockchain to create an unchangeable ledger, ensuring the permanence and integrity of votes.

Limited Access to Results

Restricts access to the results screen, maintaining confidentiality and ensuring authorized viewing.

Electronic Vote Visualisation in the Admin panel

Provides visual representation of votes through graphs (e.g., Bar chart, Pie chart, Polar area chart) in the admin panel for comprehensive analysis.

User friendly interface

Offers an intuitive and easy-to-use interface for seamless navigation and interaction within the voting system.

Use Case

ResilientDB and GraphQL Setup

Step 1 : Prerequisites

Setup Python 3.10

Ensure you have Python 3.10, otherwise download it and set it up as default.

Check with:
python3 –version

Step 2 : Setup ResilientDB

Clone the ResilientDB repo to get started:

git clone https://github.com/resilientdb/

resilientdb.git

Then navigate inside the ResilientDB directory:

cd resilientdb

Install Dependencies:

sh INSTALL.sh

Run ResilientDB KV Service (this may take a few minutes for the first time):

./service/tools/kv/server_tools/start_kv

_service.sh

You will need to clone the ResilientDB GraphQL repo to get started:

git clone https://github.com/ResilientApp/ResilientDB-GraphQL.git

Then navigate inside the ResilientDBGraphQL directory:
cd ResilientDB-GraphQL

Install the Crow dependencies:
sudo apt update sudo apt install build-essential sudo apt install python3.10-dev sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl gnupg

Build Crow HTTP server (this may take a few minutes for the first time):
bazel build service/http_server:crow_service_main

Start the Crow HTTP server:
bazel-bin/service/http_server/crow_service_main

service/tools/config/interface/service.config

service/http_server/server_config.config

Create virtual environment for the Python SDK:
python3 -m venv venv –without-pip

Activate the virtual environment:
source venv/bin/activate

Install pip in the virtual environment for the Python dependencies:
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python

Install the Python dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt

Start the GraphQL server
python3 app.py