Distributed ledger-based voting system, apparatus and method

A distributed ledger-based system for administrating voting contests, comprising:

• a voting administrator node for generating a smart voting contract, the smart voting contract for administrating a first voting contest;
• and
• a distributed ledger, comprising a plurality of computing nodes, each of the computing nodes comprising a processor for executing processor-executable instructions stored in a memory of each of the computing nodes, that causes each of the processors to:
• issue a plurality of cryptographic voting tokens to a plurality of voters, respectively, each of the plurality of cryptographic voting tokens for allowing the plurality of voters to cast a single vote in a first voting contest, each of the plurality of cryptographic voting tokens comprising a unique identifier, a public digital address associated with the smart voting contract, and a public digital address associated with a particular one of the plurality of voters, respectively;
• receive a plurality of voting transaction requests from the plurality of voters over a wide-area network, each of the plurality of voting transaction requests comprising a selection of one or more candidates associated with the voting contest, an identification of a particular voting token previously issued to each respective voter and associated with the voting contest;
• and a public digital address associated with a particular voter who submitted a voting transaction request;
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• determine a final result of the voting contest based on the plurality of voting transaction requests received.