ISSN 2348-1196 (print) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research ISSN 2348-120X (online) Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp: (51-56), Month: October - December 2021, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
SMART ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM USING IOT Nischal Raghuram Puvvala1, Aditya Asok Nair2, Puneet Chawla3 1
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SRMIST Ramapuram Chennai. [UG Scholar]
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SRMIST Ramapuram Chennai. [UG Scholar]
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SRMIST Ramapuram Chennai. [UG Scholar]
Abstract: It is essential that administrators of the country are elected by an honest election. Therefore it is important to ensure safe and secure election methods. The proposed new method of E-voting uses modern technologies like the internet of things and it does not require the voter’s physical presence. People can vote from the comfort of their homes using mobile and web applications. Every vote will be made secure with a series of facial recognition and encryption algorithms. Offline voting system is implemented using a web application & mobile application which incorporates the Aadhar card and the voter ID. Keywords: Secure election methods, Internet of Things, Mobile and Web Applications, E-Voting, Facial Recognition, Encryption Algorithms, Adhaar Card, Voter ID, Web Application, Mobile Application.
1. INTRODUCTION India is currently the most substantial democracy of the world with the most diverse voter bank of the world; consisting of 912 million people from various demographics like religions and ideologies. It is imperative that such a country have a secure and accessible election so that people of every demographic can participate in electing their chosen candidate and see their representation in the political sphere. It is important that the fate of 1.36 billion people is spear-headed by representatives that are responsible and have been put there by fair means. It is vital to the spirit of democracy that the country is headed by someone the people trust and not some tyrant that seized power from the people by ill-begotten means[1]. India currently uses offline voting methods like ballot boxes and EVMs to conduct voting. EVMs were introduced in India in the early 1980s and Ballot boxes were introduced in the late 1990s, and while these may have been the best methods to conduct elections at the time with current technology the voting experience can be improved exponentially and it’s many shortcomings remedied. Elections as they exist now require a huge amount of man-power and resources like venues, which are often requisitioned from educational institutions like schools and colleges. Law enforcement authorities like the police department are directed towards the election duties which leaves certain areas unsupervised. Places that house the venues for the elections are often subject to overcrowding and congestion which causes inconveniences to the locals and the public at large. All these factors lead to the venue being unhygienic subjecting the voters to potential hygiene risks. This makes conducting traditional elections at times of crisis inconvenient at best and inconceivable at worst. With the advent of modern sciences like IoT, big data and data structures, our election methods can be improved to a point where all the concerns about manpower and hygiene will be null and void. This is what we aim to accomplish. By using substantiated systems, such as per-existing databases and two-factor authentication, we can overhaul the convenience and security of polling to ensure that every person can exercise his/her fundamental right to vote [6].
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