DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1       BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

 An  Electronic voting system is any system that allow an eligible voter to cast his/her votes using computer normally connected to the internet or intranet from anywhere like a home or an office. Elections allow the populace to choose their representatives and express the preferences for how they will be governed. Naturally, the integrity of the election process is fundamental to the integrity of democracy itself.  The election system must be sufficiently robust to withstand a variety of fraudulent behaviors and must be sufficiently transparent and comprehensible in such a way that voters and candidates can accept the results of an election. Unsurprisingly, history is littered with examples of elections being manipulated in order to influence their outcome. According to David Chuan in (2006), the design of a good voting system, whether electronic or using the traditional paper ballots or mechanical devices must satisfy a number of sometimes competing criteria.

            Electronic voting system (also known as e–voting) is an electronic system which uses electronic ballots that would allow voters to transmit their secure and secret voted ballot to election officials over the computer. In reference to Benedict (Democracy 2006), Electronic democracy is a necessity in this era of communication and information technology. Electronic voting is one of the pillars of democracy, which refers to the use of computers or computerized voting equipments to ease and to tabulate ballots in an election in a trustable manner. Due to the nature of electronic systems, the security and reliability of the system should be handled properly in order to make the e-voting system an applicable alternative to the paper based voting system for the departmental elections.

            Many years ago, most societies were primitive and had not evolved a system of voting to elect the leaders that will govern them and promote societal harmony and peace. This means that people have to devise a system whereby a leader or a set of leaders are elected from the ranks of the people.  At that point the idea of voting and being voted for became important and necessary.  But before an individual can cast his or her vote, there are certain conditions to be met, one of which is to be registered.

        Since 2001, the political Scene in the Department of Computer Science Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) has witnessed incessant upheavals, wide scale dishonesty and societal bitterness, which in most instances degenerated into lawlessness and destruction of lives and properties. These unfortunate situations paved the way for and served as spring boards for the emergence and growth of unskilled democrats who through fraudulent and election malpractices find their way to various offices to mismanage departmental funds.    

1.2       STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The efficiency of multiple voting in the Department of Computer Science (CRUTECH) has resulted in a lot of problems. These problems have continued to obstruct the peace of democracy in the department and the faculty in general because the choice of a capable candidate is not encourage by the current system.

Therefore the problems manifested in form of election malpractice in the department of computer science include:-

1.    The high incidence of multiple voting, snatching of ballot papers and the forging of electoral papers using fictitious names. 

2.    Mutilation of election result sheets and falsification of election results and election violence.

3.    Indiscrete manipulation and inflation of election figures by electoral commission officers to suit the interest of their favored candidates.

TOPIC: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM

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