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Biometric Voting System

Shrushti Sankhe , Pratiksha Kute2, Mayuri Kokane3, Runali Dhaygude4, Prof. Sujay Pawar5
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Students, Department of Information Technology1,2,3,4

Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology5
Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Abstract: The word “vote” means to choose form a list, to elect or to determine. The main goal of voting (in
a scenario involving the citizens of a given country) is to come up with leaders of the people’s choice. The
project is mainly aimed at providing a secured and user-friendly Biometric Voting System. The problem of
voting is still critical in terms of safety and security. The proposed voting system with biometric authentication
is an electronic voting system which seeks to make use of the uniqueness of the minutiae of the human
fingerprint to further enhance the level of trust and confidentiality of the voters in the system as well as making
the actual process as universally accessible as possible which would be achieved through the deployment on
the Internet. It is expected to solve the critical issues faced due to elections. For the voter registration and
authentication processes which are performed on the desktop module, the voter is expected to have his or her
fingerprints captured and the minutiae extracted that is stored on the database. This is done to prevent the
occurrence of multiple registrations or identity. Thus, during the authentication period, voters are expected
to undergo a matching verification of their fingerprint samples against the values stored in the database
which is identified through the use of a unique voter identification number assigned during registration.
Voters can thus proceed to the online module of the project to cast their votes through any internet – connected
device using the voter identification number, security answer keyed in during the registration process as well
as a token key that was generated automatically for each voter per election on the online module. The token
is sent by the administrator to each voter through his or her associated email. Worthy to note is that though
voting is now done ubiquitously, it must carried out during the stipulated period as contained in the email
message sent to the voters. Conclusively, Online Voting System with biometric authentication project, has
been able to deliver an electronic voting system that solves all the highlighted challenges of the traditional
system of conducting elections, offering voters a trusted and credible means of exercising their franchise with
great ease. It is therefore recommended to be deployed fully in subsequent elections.

Keywords: Voting

I. INTRODUCTION
E-voting (Electronic Voting) as a term encompasses a broad range of voting systems that apply electronic elements in
one or more steps of the electoral cycle. There are many levels to e-voting in broad sense which could be e-collation, e-
verification, internet voting, remote online voting etc. Following the definition of a system as anything that takes an input
and gives an output, an e-voting system is any system that can offers both electronic and online voting. It could also
incorporate e-registration, e-verification, e-collation, remote online voting and real-time result display. An E-voting system
(EVS) generally comprises the following for it to work efficiently:
E-voting system serves to reduce the cumulative costs of running elections and increase voters participation in election
system as it offers voters an easy and convenient way to vote and most importantly, it is a panacea to the issue of long
distances covered by voters to a specific destination for their votes to be counted, and also it combat the issues of ballot box
snatching which is rampart in the conventional election process in India.
 An interactive voting user interface on an electronic device which provides a friendly environment for voters to
authenticate and cast their votes, it also serves as a means of collection the individual votes and storing them in the
local and central database.
 An administrative dashboard for voter’s registration, details update and elections coordination and monitoring.
 A database management system for the storage of election, voting and voters data.
 A result display interface.
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A great technological improvement is observed in election process mostly in the areas of result collation and transmission.
Though the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has not fully implemented the use of technologies for
collation due to lack of legal framework. But, most elections around the world use ICT in elections to some degree, at least
to summarize and aggregate the votes. This electronic adaptation is the result of a long period of evolution during which not
only the procedures but also the technological means for casting votes changed considerably.

II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM

2.1 Biometric Voting System
This voting system makes use of a biometric feature (fingerprint) to authenticate users of the system. Fingerprint
recognition hardware is integrated with the system so as to solve the problem of the existing system. The new system
operates in an identification mode and performs the following:
 Captures fingerprints, extracts the features and stores it in the database.
 Verifies the identity of the voter at login time by comparing the fingerprint that has been pre-stored in the database
with the fingerprint being supplied at login.
 Provides an interface for the user to cast votes if a match is found.
 Provides an interface for viewing the results of the election.

2.2 Problem Statement

The present voting system applicable in India is inefficient as the voters registration process is slow, the manual collection
of results takes time and gives room for result manipulation, also the inaccessible nature of election venues which includes
the long distances to be covered by voters to their registered location increases voters apathy towards the election process,
and finally the issues of ballot snatching and damage also the other election violence and issues associated with the
traditional voting all defiles the purpose of voting in election process.

III. METHODOLOGY
The methodology of choice is Rapid Application Development (RAD); this is because the objectives of RAD include
high speed, high quality and lowered cost. RAD emphasizes the use of special techniques and computer tools to speed up
analysis, design and implementation phases. Tools include Computer Assisted Software Engineering (CASE) tools, Joint
Application Design (JAD) and fourth generation programming languages. All of which are inline and essential to the
proposed system. The RAD methodology goes through the following phases:

Phase 1:
Requirements planning: refers to a review of the areas immediately associated with the proposed system.
Areas associated with the proposed system include:
 Mode of user voting
 Mode of voter authentication
 Mode of data collection and verification
 Mode of data communication

Phase 2:
User Design: This stage would use various software modelling tools to illustrate the system’s data and processes and to
build a visual representation of critical system components. Also, the programming tools chosen to implement the proposed
system were stated. A key milestone of this proposed system is to make it a much user friendly and easy to use.

IV. LITERATURE REVIEW

A literature survey or a literature review during a project report is that section that suggests the numerous analyses and
studies made in the discipline of your interest and consequently the outcomes already published, thinking of the varied
parameters of the project and additionally the extent of the project. A literature survey is the maximum substantial step in
any reasonable study. Before beginning development, we need to test the preceding papers of our area in which we're
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operating and the idea of the look at what we're capable of expecting or generate the downside and start operating with the
reference of preceding papers. During this phase, we briefly evaluate the associated work on the Biometric Voting System.
1. In this paper, the writer attempted to discover the ability of biometric which can additionally increase the number
of voters thereby in-corporating the problem of visiting the physical location for the purpose of voting. This system
also can be audited through reducing the malfunction to trace the number of votes as the data gets stored in the
database, thus making the system absolutely fair.
2. In this paper, they considered the firebase database that allow maintaining crystal clear records of the data.
3. This paper discusses the use of firebase for tracking data. When any elections are conducted, most often it seems
to be fake and one of the main causes is corruption and the forcing of great politicians. So, if biometric is introduced
here, it becomes easy to reduce the fake votes as every individual possess unique biometric i.e. fingerprint and at
the same time it becomes easier to track the data stored where it is being utilised. This technology can also be
utilised in the government sector and can have a major impact on the growth of a society.
4. This system as mentioned makes use of the firebase technology helps to take care of each and every vote and action
performed by the user thus helps to save the information in a very transparent way. Using this system a transparent
elections can be performed by providing a complete secure, authentication and reliable system of casting and
tracking of votes.
5. In this paper, the system does verification at the every single stage till it reaches the page where the user is asked
to select to party or community which they want to vote. It provides us with fingerprint authentication along with
this it provides face detection which captures the individuals face and detects no face found if the face is not clear.
The proposed framework thus helps in tackling all misinterpreted data and provides a secure voting system. This
system will assist in limiting the time that the individual face when they need to go to the actual place of vote.
6. In this paper, this system provides a decentralized application that provides functionalities of casting vote online.
A transparent vote can be done as there would be no third-party interference.

V. EXISTING & PROPOSED SYSTEM

The Existing System:
The problems of the existing system include the following:
1. The biggest challenge with the technology is that no matter how much data it records but a single virus can destroy
the entire data storage.
2. The highly humid area and those areas which receive frequent rainfall are not suitable for casting votes using
electronic machines.
3. Fake display units could be installed in the electronic voting machines which would show manipulated numbers
but originally fake votes could be generated from the back-end.
4. Electronic Voting Machines can be tampered during its manufacturing and in such case, it does not even require
any hacker or malware to manipulate the actual voting.

The Proposed System:

The new system makes use of a biometric feature (fingerprint) to authenticate users of the system. Fingerprint recognition
hardware is integrated with the system so has to solve the problem of the existing system.
The new system operates in an identification mode and performs the following:
1. Captures fingerprints, extracts the features and stores it in the database.
2. Verifies the identity of the voter at login time by comparing the fingerprint that has been pre stored in the database
with the fingerprint being supplied at login.
3. Provides an interface for the user to cast votes if a match is found.
4. Provides an interface for viewing the results of the election.

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VI. SYSTEM DESIGN AND FLOW
The Biometric Voting System’s architectural design is a diagram that defines the relationship between major structural
elements of the software, the design patterns that can be used to achieve the requirements defined for the system and the
constraints that affect the way in which architectural design patterns can be applied.

Figure 1: System Architecture for the BVS System

VII. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

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VIII. ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES

8.1 Advantages
 Increased Security - Provide a convenient and low-cost additional tier of security
 Reduce fraud by employing hard-to-forge technologies and materials
 Eliminate problems caused by lost IDs or forgotten passwords by using physiological attributes.
 Prevent unauthorized use of lost, stolen or "borrowed" ID cards
 Offer significant cost savings in long run
 Greater Accuracy, Faster Tabulation of Result
 Make it possible, automatically, to know WHO did WHAT, WHERE and WHEN!

IX. CONCLUSION & FUTURE WORK

9.1 Conclusion
The biometric voting system was implemented to solve the proximity bottlenecks, unnecessary time delays with very
secure and accurate recording of votes. This project was designed to implement a system that will be used for election
process. The integration of biometric authentication within the system will provide an efficient way to cast votes, free of
fraud, and make the system more trustable, economic and fast as well as enabling the voters to cast their votes from any
location as a result of the online voting module which can be accessed from any device with internet connectivity. The use
of fingerprint 75 recognition deepens the process of ensuring that the voting mantra – one man, one vote – is fully enforced.
It is seen that the system is fault tolerant at all end points (registration, voting platform and the server).The voting device
can last for more than 6 hours which is very sufficient for a quick system like ours. This system will provide boundless voter
participation in remote areas with very little or no cost on the voter greatly reducing apathy. Further improvements can be
done on the system to increase the credibility of the votes and further reduce proximity issues.

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9.2 Future Scope
 Further improvement of the prototype device could be done at the later development by using fingerprint modules
for every party so that it is more secure.
 People with no hands won’t be able to cast votes following this procedure. So in future we plan to extend our
biometric identification system to a multi-biometric system by integrating facial recognition, retinal scan and iris
scan system to our model.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The completion of our project brings with it a sense of satisfaction, but it is never complete without those people who
made it possible and whose constant support has crowned our efforts with success. One cannot even imagine our completion
of the project without guidance and neither can we succeed without acknowledging it. It is a great pleasure that we
acknowledge the enormous assistance and excellent co-operation to us by the respected personalities.

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