How It Works
Understanding the core architecture of AgoranX's secure voting system
Election Creation on Blockchain
Elections are deployed as immutable smart contracts on the blockchain, ensuring transparency and tamper-proof records. When an administrator creates an election, a new smart contract is deployed with all election parameters including candidates, voting periods, and access controls. This decentralized approach means no single entity can alter the election rules once deployed.
Vote Encryption Mechanism
Every vote cast is encrypted end-to-end using RSA public-key cryptography before being submitted to the blockchain. When you vote, your choice is encrypted with the election's public key, ensuring that your vote remains private and confidential while the voting period is open. The votes stay securely encrypted until the election closes, guaranteeing ballot secrecy throughout the entire voting period.
Election Decryption
Once voting ends, the election administrator publishes the private key, making it publicly available. This allows anyone to decrypt and verify all submitted votes, tallying the results while maintaining voter anonymity. The decrypted results are transparently published on the blockchain, where anyone can independently verify the final tallies. This separation between voting and counting ensures both privacy during voting and complete transparency in results.
Audit Trail
Every action in the voting process is recorded immutably on the blockchain, creating a complete and verifiable audit trail. From election creation to vote casting to result publication, each transaction is timestamped and cryptographically secured. This enables independent verification of the entire election process, ensuring accountability and building trust in the system's integrity.
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