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manipulation. Enhancing User Accessibility: Developing user-friendly
interfaces for voters with limited technical knowledge.
 Trust Issues: For digital voting systems to be effective,
citizens must trust the technology and its operators. Any Integration with Offline Voting Mechanisms: Ensuring
perceived lack of transparency, failure to ensure voter participation in regions with limited internet connectivity
anonymity, or incidents of fraud could lead to through hybrid solutions.
widespread distrust and, ultimately, a lack of legitimacy.
Final Remarks
 Digital Divide: Not all citizens have equal access to the The proposed framework provides a secure, transparent, and
internet, technology, or the necessary digital literacy to scalable digital voting system that addresses the limitations
engage in electronic voting. This could disenfranchise of existing e-voting solutions. By leveraging cutting-edge
vulnerable populations and undermine the fairness of cryptographic techniques and blockchain technology, this
the election process. model enhances electoral integrity while fostering greater
public trust in democratic processes. With further
 Global Standards: The international community is still development and real-world testing, this framework has the
developing universal standards for e-voting. Variability potential to revolutionize digital voting and set a new
in regulations, security protocols, and privacy standards standard for transparent and secure elections worldwide.
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