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As an important topic of quantum cryptography, quantum voting has attracted more and more attention in recent years. In this paper, we propose a quantum voting scheme based on a new set of orthogonal product states. Since different particles in the same orthogonal product state are transmitted separately, the security of the vote message in the scheme can be protected. The availability and security analysis show that the scheme satisfies the basic properties of voting can resist known quantum attacks. Furthermore, our scheme solves the problem of difficult preparation of entangled states in actual situations and improves the practicability of voting scheme. We hoped that our research will provide new ideas for the further study of quantum voting.
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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant (No.61932005), National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61802118, Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province under Grant No.YQ2020F013 and No.LH2019F031 and No.JJ2019LH1770, University Nursing Program for Young Scholars with Creative Talents in Heilongjiang Province under Grant No. UNPYSCT-2018015, Open Foundation of State key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology (BUPT) under Grant No. SKLNST-2018-1-07, the Special Funds of Heilongjiang University of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Heilongjiang Province (RCCXYJ201812).
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Du, G., Zhou, BM., Ma, CG. et al. A Secure Quantum Voting Scheme Based on Orthogonal Product States. Int J Theor Phys 60, 1374–1383 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-021-04763-7
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