VOTING FOR CYBER SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
Today
in the cyber era the web has addressed as well as influenced each and every
aspect of human life. Its inserverability has grown to such heights that
perhaps George Bernard Shaw would have expressed as ‘Cyber-web here, cyber-web
there, and cyber-web everywhere’.
One was the use
of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in all polling booths making this the
largest electronic election ever conducted in the world. Many international
observers have hailed the Indian EVM system and it is a matter of pride for our
country to be in the fore front of electronic elections in the entire world.
With the
enactment of the Information Technology Act 2000, the electronic document has
got legal recognition. The ever increasing use of ‘Electronic Voting Machines’
in the elections to record, process and store the votes cast to record the
votes cast will probably bring section of the Information Technology act
2000into play
Advantages:
The above two suggestions if
implemented will ensure that
a) Voter List
is Accurate. All genuine voters find their names in the list and bogus names
are eliminated by the public pointing out the mistakes.
b) Voter can
satisfy himself that his vote has not been tampered with.
c) Judiciary
can use acceptable evidence to cancel any vote if a proper complaint is
made.
As a result of the above the
problems of "Bogus Voting" and "Vote Rigging" can both be
reduced to a substantial extent.
There is no
doubt that these E-Governance measures are only tools of better management of
elections and there is still a need for the public to be
1) Vigilant
enough to check if their names are available in the list and no bogus name
appears in the list at their address
2) Verify at
the post result stage that his/her vote is correctly accounted for.
3) Complain to
the right authority if the vote is rigged.
SYSTEM ANALYSIS
EXISTING SYSTEM
Current approaches to
electronic voting present serious limitations:
·
The systems can only be used in traditional
voting locations where special machines are installed;
·
There is no guarantee of privacy and no
safeguard that the vote cannot be revealed and exploited by third parties;
·
The voting process cannot be verified unless
vote counting is checked with sample votes.
Bringing the voting place to
the citizens’ home or actual location is an important step towards the
following years where real-time democracy is within reach for all.
Why cyber
voting?
•
If one can shop, pay taxes over internet, why
not vote?
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Increase voter participation rate, especially
among young, disabled, travelers
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Make voting more convenient
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More participatory democracy
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Vendor push
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Fast and accurate counting, better user
interfaces
PROPOSED SYSTEM
The Cyber Vote project aims at
developing the first highly secure cyber voting prototype based on HTML and ASP.NET
technologies that will enable citizens to cast their vote over the Internet,
from personal computers, in total confidence and anonymity.
•
Eligibility and Authentication—only
authorized voters should be able to vote;
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Uniqueness—no voter should
be able to vote more than once;
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Accuracy—system should
record the votes correctly;
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Integrity—votes should not be
able to be modified, forged, or deleted without detection;
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Verifiability and Auditability—verify
that all votes have been correctly accounted for; reliable and authentic
election records
•
Reliability—work without
loss of any votes, in the face of many possible failures;
•
Secrecy and Non-Coercibility—no
one should be able to determine how any individual voted; voters should not be
able to prove how they voted;
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Flexibility—allow a
variety of ballot formats (e.g., write-in candidates, multiple languages); be
accessible to people with disabilities;
•
Convenience—require
minimal voter equipment or skill;
•
Certifiability—testable so
that election officials have confidence that they meet the necessary criteria;
•
Transparency—voters should
be able to possess a general
understanding of the voting process; and
•
Cost-effectiveness
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