A credible, automated e-voting system in the context of Bangladesh

Abstract

Elections are believed to be the best possible way to live in democratic era and voting is one of the electoral processes that ensures the alignment of democracy in our society. In this thesis, we propose an electronic voting system which can minimize the flaws of traditional voting system. The manual system of voting includes major chances of vote rigging and manipulation, which can be brought to its barest minimum by our proposed system. Also, in paper-based voting system, great amount of people and money is invested and yet the results are not satisfying. Our proposed voting system promises to reduce these waste and serve as a cost-effective, easy-to-use and secure one. As our country have never fully adopted any electronic voting system before, we have tried to build it in accordance with the steps of procedural voting system. Along with biometric authentication, the system also includes candidate pictures along with their voting symbols, using which voters can easily pick their desired candidate with little amount of time. This system will be effective for both sides, one who are voting and another who are monitoring the whole process.