Advance and Secure Voting System

Abstract

Electronic Voting Machines ('EVM') are being used in India in the current scenario, usually for state elections, these EVMs have been used since 1999. When compared to the old paper ballot systems, the EVMs decrease the time for both casting a vote and announcing the results, there is no Tampering and protection given for EVMs until 2004 after 2004 Supreme Court and Election Commission decided to implement EVMs with Voter Checked Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system, but it also has some difficulties such as missing names in the voting list and many more. An online system that includes procedures such as registration of voters, casting of votes, counting of votes, and announcing results will be a good solution to replace the current system, and the suggested system in this study would be beneficial to the voters by using some tools such as their own or government-arranged system. In addition, the scheme proposed would also reduce the possibility of corruption. The framework is proposed following interviews between officials of two agencies, India's National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and India's Election Commission (ECP).