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A Voting Protocol Based on the Controlled Quantum Operation Teleportation

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Based on the controlled quantum operation teleportation, a secure voting protocol is proposed in this paper. Genuine four-qubit entangled state functions as the quantum channel. The eligible voter’s quantum operation which represents his vote information can be transmitted to the tallyman Bob with the help of the scrutineer Charlie. Voter’s quantum identity authentication provides the anonymity of voters’ID, which is ensured by a zero-knowledge proof of the notary organization CA. Charlie’s supervision in the whole voting process can make the protocol satisfy verifiability and non-reusability so as to avoid Bob’s dishonest behaviour. The security analysis shows that the voting protocol satisfies unforgeability, and has great advantages over some relevant researches. Additionally, the quantum operation can be transmitted successfully with the probability 1, which can make the protocol reliable and practical.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.61402275, 61273311, 61202317), the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (Grant No.2015JM6263), Scientific Research Plan Projects of Shaanxi Education Department(Grant No.2012JK1003), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.GK201402004).

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Tian, JH., Zhang, JZ. & Li, YP. A Voting Protocol Based on the Controlled Quantum Operation Teleportation. Int J Theor Phys 55, 2303–2310 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-015-2868-8

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