ITDS | SPMS

DEVELOPING A NEXT GENERATION ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM.

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This is an electronic voting (e-voting) system project for the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), with flutter front-end, firebase backend. The e-voting system will help optimize the university's election process by delivering a secure, efficient and user-friendly solution for both casting votes and counting them. Traditional voting systems are plagued with inefficiencies, human errors and security concerns which create an ever-increasing need for a better solution. It is also built as a cross-platform system, to help the students vote from mobile and web applications easily. Votes are cast and counted in real-time using Firebase's real-time database, secure authentication protocols after verifying the identity of the voter do not allow unauthorized access. The voting process integrity and privacy is guaranteed with various key security measures including data encryption, end-to-end security amongst others. The system proved results of the successful real-time voting, reliability in counting votes and higher voter attendance due to simplicity to participate. Nonetheless, there were obstacles like unstable internet connections and fears of infringing upon privacy regarding data. However, the project showed what we are capable of doing and how modern technologies enable us to think about more effective election processes at educational institutions. This system can be expanded for use in larger elections.

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