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Semi-Quantum Voting Protocol

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Aiming at the problem that the existing voting protocols have high requirements for quantum devices, we propose a semi-quantum voting protocol based on secure direct communication in this paper. In our protocol, the voters need only classical capabilities to participate in the voting process. Before the voting process begins, the scrutineer verifies the identities of the voters so as to ensure the legitimacy of users using semi-quantum secure direct communication channels. Our protocol satisfies the general security requirements of quantum voting protocols and can resist any known quantum attacks. In addition, owing that the voters in our protocol do not need high quantum capabilities, our protocol is more practical than the existing voting protocols.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 62171264) and Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. ZR2019MF023).

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  1. College of Mathematics and Systems Science, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, Shandong, China

    Yong-Ping Xu, De-Zhi Gao & Xiang-Qian Liang

  2. College of Computer Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, Shandong, China

    Guang-Bao Xu

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Xu, YP., Gao, DZ., Liang, XQ. et al. Semi-Quantum Voting Protocol. Int J Theor Phys 61, 78 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-022-05071-4

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