Main Project Abstract

On

Implementation of innovative and open source

Remote electoral administrative system through Internet

By
M.MOURYA(Y7IT250) K.KOTESWARA RAO(Y7IT240)
P.NAVEEN KUMAR(Y7IT252) K.VINAY(Y7IT316)

Under the guidance of

Mr. T.PAVAN KUMAR Asst. Professor

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY

KONERU LAKSHMAIAH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

 ∗Autonomous∗ Approved by A.I.C.T.E ∗Accredited by N.B.A
(Affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University,Vaddeswaram -522 502)

(2010-11)

ABSTRACT
The term voting is understood to be the form of choice. This form of expression
can be performed through the ballot, or by any other electoral schemes. The electronic
voting is a way in which votes cast by voters of a specific electronic medium can be
retrieved, tallied and stored electronically. The project to be produced will be focusing on
converting the current paper based elections system currently being used by the citizens
into an electronic system. The current voting system being used by the voters is currently
suffering from a poor voter turnout due to the fact that the system in place is not
convenient for most voters. The system to be created will address this issue by providing
voters with the capability of casting their votes for their chosen candidates via an Internet
enabled computer. The project will focus on the current voting method being used by the
voters, and identify a way in which the method can be modeled with the Internet voting
system to be implemented. The system will implement different election mechanisms
used for casting votes. The system will be built to have strict security features. These
security features will commence from the point of voter login into the voting system, to
casting their vote for their chosen candidate to the point of their exit from the system.

The system will have secure restriction preventing the voter from voting more
than once for the election candidates. The system to be implemented needs to address the
issues covering security needs of a vote being cast over the Internet. Authentication and
validation of the users, access rights, information encryption and vote’s security need to
be looked into in an in-depth fashion in order to produce a secure means of voting online.
The current system in use today, has a number of problems. Our proposed system would
aim to correct. The system is highly insecure and prone to election malpractice. Due to
the fact that any voter can come and fill out a ballot sheet without prior authentication to
determine who he/she says they are, is a major concern. The administration of the voting
system as a whole is highly inefficient, slow and time consuming, and is highly prone to
human error.

The proposed voting system complies with the main

characteristics of a secure electronic voting scheme, and introduces a
voting process that relies on Physical Multiple Administration with
Identical Ballot Boxes technique, which constitutes the key features of
the System. Future research objectives related to the system
proposed, include the integration of modules that conduct detailed
statistical processing, the integration of modules for the support of
voting for the visually/hearing impaired, and a subsystem that will
enable the voters to use their mobile devices to perform a voting
session.