Paper 2026/308 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2026/308 ↗
Anamorphic E-Voting: Coercion-Resistant Through Fake and Real Votes
Abstract
The paper addresses the challenging and timely issue of vote buying in electronic voting. Electronic voting is a well established process in modern democracies. However, problems such as vote buying continue to pose a significant challenge. This paper aims at addressing this issue by leveraging the novel concept of Anamorphic Encryption to enable voters to cast their original vote together with a hidden ``fake" one. In this way voters can pursue their true preferences unobstructed while providing a compliance proof to potential vote buyers. The security of our construction is proved through a formal security analysis, that considers powerful adversaries who aim at breaching user privacy and influencing votes. We believe that this innovation e-voting approach can enhance the overall security of e-voting systems and pave the way to avoid electoral manipulation.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
PDF- Category
- Cryptographic protocols
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- History
- 2026-02-18: last updated
- 2026-02-18: published
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2026/308
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2026/308,
author = {Antonis Michalas},
title = {Anamorphic E-Voting: Coercion-Resistant Through Fake and Real Votes},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2026/308},
year = {2026},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2026/308}
}