Voting system to prevent fraud using blockchain technology

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform server operations comprising:

• initializing a first blockchain with a first blockchain genesis block, the blockchain genesis block comprising an initial tally, the initial vote tally indicating an initial number of votes that have been recorded for a corresponding category;
• iteratively, for a plurality of votes:
• receiving a signal indicating at least one vote;
• creating a first data structure comprising the at least one vote, a tally of previous votes, and a hash value of a preceding block;
• determining a new block hash value of the first data structure;
• and
• appending a new block to the first blockchain comprising the new block hash value and the data structure.

A voting system comprising:

• at least one voting machine comprising:
• at least one voting machine processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory voting machine storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one voting machine processor, cause the at least one voting machine processor to perform voting machine operations comprising:
• initializing a first blockchain with a first blockchain genesis block, the blockchain genesis block comprising an initial tally, the initial vote tally indicating an initial number of votes that have been recorded for a corresponding category;
• iteratively, for a plurality of votes:
• receiving a signal indicating at least one vote;
• creating a first data structure comprising the at least one vote, a tally of previous votes, and a hash value of a preceding block;
• determining a new block hash value of the first data structure;
• and
• appending a new block to the first blockchain comprising the new block hash value and the data structure.