Udupi: Students of SMVITM, Bantakal develop Digital Electoral System

By B Pundalika Marate
Bellevision Media Network

Udupi, 31 May: Democratic voting is a crucial and serious event in any country. Democracy thus encourages individual freedom according to the rule of law, so that people may behave and express themselves as they choose. The most common way in which a country votes is through EVM based system, but is it not time to bring voting into the 21stcentury of modern technology?

 

Using the old or the present voting system no longer seems efficient due to various recurring errors. So time has arrived that the system needs to be improved such that it will benefit the electoral procedure as well as the voters. Here Digital Electoral System is developed. ‘Digital Electoral System’ is a computerized electoral system which is different from the present system. Digital voting is the use of electronic devices, such as voting machines or an internet browser, to cast votes. These are sometimes referred to as e-voting when voting using a machine in a polling station, and i-voting when using a web browser.

 

 

This system mainly focuses on designing of a fully-fledged Digital voting system that facilitates users i.e. voters, candidates and Election Commission who will conduct election process (up to declaring results). Our proposed system is efficient adheres to voting protocol, simple and easy to maintain. It maintains details of voting, voters, candidate and election. The system is designed such that only EC has the permission to assess to the system, but modification of the data is not permitted. From registration of the voter or the candidate details up to counting of results the system is made fully secured. The system designed such that the place of voter and the candidate is the highlighted content in the backend for mapping. This system will decrease false voting and will increase voting percentages.

 

The VVPAT is currently being made use of, and it comes up with many drawbacks such as the voter has to travel to his specified location to cast his vote, travel expenses, time consuming etc. But this system overcomes with all these drawbacks. The designed system helps you vote from any place to your desired location with the present trending or widely used connecting system called the internet. The system also highlights the digital India a platform to involve these ideas and grow the present system to a better stage. The system is designed in such a way that it will make the electoral system much more simpler and easier form the present one. It is designed with enough secure and more a digital way of voting method.

 

Security of digital voting is always the biggest concern when considering implementing a digital voting system. With such monumental decisions at stake, there can be no doubt about the system’s ability to secure data and defend against potential attacks. One way the security issues can be potentially solved is through the technology of block chains.

 

The system was developed by Chethan P Vernekar, Alfiya Pallowkar, Aziza Madiha, the final year Computer Science and Engineering students of Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, Udupi under the guidance of the faculty members of the department, Anujna Rao and Ramyashree.