This srs document applies to the initial version release 1. Pdf digitalized electronic voting system researchgate. Voting system ivan damg ard, jens groth and gorm salomonsen july 31, 2002 abstract we describe the theory behind a practical voting scheme based on homomorphic encryption. This electronic voting system will enable a valid voter to vote at any polling site statewide during an election period. This concept of e voting was introduced by chaum in the early 1980s and since then there have been a lot of work done in this area.
Therefore, it is critical and extremely important for a democratic republican country like the united states to have a well organized voting system. Many of them depend on such technology for the communication of election data. Chapter3 describes the system design of the thesis, details of devices incorporated and. Voting by mail is the primary voting method for the state of oregon, whereas other states only use this method for absentee voting. Secure electronic voting information systems, 2011. An implementation of dual paper and cryptograhic voting. The system was created by a company called softwar improvements to run on linux, which is ilable opensource operating a widely used, freely ava system1. Electronic voting systems are quite varied in style, construction, and capabilites. We give an example of an elgamalstyle encryption scheme, which can be used as the underlying cryptosystem. The highlight of system function will be further considerable in our proposed voting system. Then, we present efficient honest verifier zeroknowledge proofs that make the messages in the voting scheme shorter and easier to compute and. The system was created by a company called softwar improvements to run on linux, which is ilable opensource operating a widely used, freely ava system 1. Apr 02, 20 under the e voting system, polling stations would be equipped with e voting machines which are also known as directrecording electronic voting systems dre. Study of sms security as part of an electronic voting system.
Electronic voting requires a very high level of security, much higher than ecommerce. Hence, the proponent has decided to propose a system to improve the existing manual voting system. Technology thesis, department of information technology, makerere university, uganda. He tried to sell his invention to the massachusetts legislative bodies, unsuccessfully.
Sc in computer sciencein partial fulfillment for award of degree of bachelor of science computer science is arecord of my own work carried out by me under guidance and supervision of prof. Computer technology has been a great help to the improvement of ones life. Computerized student council voting system free source. Most establishments, corporations and institutions had developed their own use of such technology to help themselves work more efficiently with less time and effort, resulting in better production, profit, and a more satisfied clientele. Sc in computer sciencein partial fulfillment for award of degree of bachelor of science computer science is arecord of my own work carried out by me under guidance and supervision of. This thesis reports on the design and implementation of a cryptographic voting system, named wombat. Whether the errors in electronic voting systems are accidental or intentional, it is important to note that the door is open to misuse in all of the voting systems described above, not. Depending on one or more communication channels in order to run elections poses many technical challenges with respect to verifiability, dependability, security, anonymity and trust. Analysis of an electronic voting system term paper.
Data security experts consider an evoting system to be secure if it provides at least the same level of security as traditional voting using paper ballots or voting by mail. International journal of managing information technology ijmit vol. The system is designed to retain the look and feel of stand ard paperbased plurality voting, while enhancing security using methods from modern electronic voting literature. Purpose and description of the study general objective to develop an evoting system for st.
Introduction the development of fair and secure e voting machines is complex see, e. System based on the fingerprint minutiae which is the core in current. Traditional evoting systems replace the paperbased process with an electronic one at official voting locations. Analysis of electronic voting system implemented in various countries 14 reliability, testing, certification and standards, specifications of source code, platform compatibility, secrecy and noncoercibility, etc. The proposed online voting system with biometric authentication is an electronic voting system which seeks to make use of the uniqueness of the minutiae of the human fingerprint to further. A voting system must be comprehensible to and usable by the entire voting population, regardless of age, in. Implementation and analysis of secure electronic voting system htet ne oo, aye moe aung abstract. The theory and implementation of an electronic voting system. Providing accessibility to such a diverse population is an important engineering problem and one where, if other security is done well, electronic voting could be. We have been involved in the development and evaluation of an evoting system called provote. Evaluation and improvement of internet voting schemes.
A secure paperbased electronic voting with no encryption. View notes 146455124 voting system thesis from it 1 at technological institute of the philippines. Computerized voting system of the student council organization of redeeming grace learning center in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the subject itec55b. Supplying truly random characters in this volume is a significant task. The electronic voting system we provide is split into four parts. This specification design document will detail the design of an electronic voting system for the state of maryland. Voters arrive at your branded voting website and authenticate their identity how this works depends on the authentication method you selected in step 1. Computerized student council voting system free source code. It also provides security for the voter and the system both internal and external. A trustworthy electronic voting system for australian federal.
Maryland voting system in 2001, the maryland general assembly passed a law that required the state board of elections. The goal of her thesis is the establishment of a comprehensive set of system requirements. Voting by mail is the primary voting method for the state of oregon, whereas. This concept of evoting was introduced by chaum in the early 1980s and since then there have been a lot of work done in this area. Uniqueness no voter should be able to vote more than one time. Many democracies rely on evoting systems for binding elections, whether for inperson voting at poll sites or for remote voting over the internet. Time factor, which is the greatest barrier to the successful completion of this exercise, i had financial constraints to traveling. Experiments and data analysis of electronic voting system. This master thesis focuses on the world of electronic voting, in particular. We describe the theory behind a practical voting scheme based on homomorphic encryption. Electronic voting technology can include punched cards, optical scan voting systems and specialized voting kiosks including self contained directrecording electronic voting systems. Whether the errors in electronic voting systems are accidental or intentional, it is important to note that the door is open to misuse in all of the voting systems described above, not just in electronic voting systems. One of the rational approaches of security is known from theoretical cryptography.
Conference on electronic voting, held during october 14, 2019. The proponent aims to convert the existing manual system of rglc into a computerized voting system that will help them to lessen the time of their voting process. Remote electronic voting repositorium uminho universidade. Pdf in the present scenario, electronic voting machines evm are being. This thesis presents an analysis of the ivote electronic voting system used for the. System, international journal of computer applications, volume 65 no. Dec 09, 2016 lan based student council voting system. Declarationthis is to certify that the work being presented in the project entitled online votingsystem submitted by undersigned student of third year b. The design of any voting system, whether electronic or traditional paper ballots or. The school is also a barrier to permission for exit to get my materials for this project. Every poll site statewide will have identical architectures. An implementation of dual paper and cryptograhic voting system. Security analysis of indias electronic voting machines.
Flaws in any of these aspects of a voting system, however, can lead to indecisive or incorrect election results. Electronic voting systems essay sample new york essays. Keywords electronic voting, edemocracy, experiments, security, assessment i. Can the voter use the new voting machine without difficulty. This volume contains papers presented at evoteid 2019, the 4th. May 03, 20 electronic voting introduction voting is the main way for citizens to translate their preferences to seats in legislature. Pdf framework for an evoting system applicable in developing. Under the evoting system, polling stations would be equipped with evoting machines which are also known as directrecording electronic voting systems dre. We present the rst rigorous, independent security analysis of the electronic voting system used in india and nd signi cant security aws that compromise the integrity of the results and the secrecy of the ballot. Oct 12, 2009 in our system software development subject i choose to develop a computerized voting system in our school i almost already finished my system but my professor told me to make my system a lanbased to make the voting real time. Evaluating electronic voting systems equipped with voterverified.
In this technological and knowledge age, ecommerce related matters become popular. Hence the system couldnt cut down the cost rather there was an upsurge in the cost as they are conducting both the evoting session and the traditional voting system. Remote e voting, where the voter can vote from any location, increases both. Traditional e voting systems replace the paperbased process with an electronic one at official voting locations. Printed in great britain electronic voting system rudy c. For all volume tests, we retained summaries of the following. Indian voting machines use a vastly di erent design than most other dre voting systems studied in the literature, and we describe it. The voter is required to touch the icon next to the intended partys symbol, on the screen, which would then be registered on paper and a receipt would be printed. Pdf design and implementation of electronic voting system. India to announce the result within a very short period. Why did the election of 2000 produce such a crisis in con. Electronic voting system in the house of representatives. Advantages of evm 59 over the traditional ballot paper box system are.
Electronic voting systems are those which depend on some electronic technology for their correct functionality. The national committee didnt completely get out of the traditional voting system. One of the more prevalent systems in use today is called direct recording electronic. If the voter hasnt yet voted, the voter may click on the election and a tamperproof.
Dre is an adaptation of the mechanical lever machines, and utilize a touch screen or pushbuttons for user interaction. Individual verifiability in electronic voting upcommons. Therefore, in practical security analysis of evoting we should concentrate on largescale threats. Analysis of electronic voting system implemented in various countries in electronic voting 2, rivest addresses some issues like the secure platform 2 problem and the impossibility of giving a receipt to the voter. A direct recording electronic dre voting system as. If authentication was successful, the voter will be presented with a list of any ongoing elections. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree doctor of philosophy approved. We suggest that the best solutions are voting systems having a voterveri.
Security enhancement of evoting system 35 by the voters. A direct recording electronic dre voting system as the statewide voting system for polling place voting. Escala, with whom i have make most of the research in this thesis. Introduction the development of fair and secure evoting machines is complex see, e. A dre voting machine with vvprs capability in cludes a ballot.
Fink, applying trustworthy computing to endtoend electronic voting, phd thesis, 2010. Remote evoting, where the voter can vote from any location, increases both. We have been involved in the development and evaluation of an e voting system called provote. Being a autonomous and standalone machine, noone can inte rfere with its programming and manipulate the results. Part of the lecture notes in computer science book series lncs, volume 5964. Hence the system couldnt cut down the cost rather there was an upsurge in the cost as they are conducting both the e voting session and the traditional voting system. Then, we present e cient honest veri er zeroknowledge proofs that. The evacsbased voting terminal consists of a pc and offers ballots in 12 languages, including serbian and farsi.
Pdf an approach to electronic voting system using uidai. Specific objectives the study aims to design and develop an evoting system for st. View notes 146455124votingsystemthesis from it 1 at technological institute of the philippines. Therefore, in practical security analysis of e voting we should concentrate on largescale threats. There has recently been keen interest in the threat analysis of voting systems. What are the advantages of evm over the traditional ballot paperballot box system. A model for systembased analysis of voting systems springerlink. How can the respondent be described in terms of the following. Keywordselectronic voting, edemocracy, experiments, security, assessment i. The following is a list of terms, acronyms and abbreviations used by the electronic voting system software package and related documentation. What type of voting system do the respondents prefer in the 2010 election.