Anti-Fraud Mechanism Based Voting Machine With Three Stage Authentication Methods

Abstract

A digital voting system can be the beginning of an effective, transparent, and secure voting process with the integration of technology into every aspect of our society. This study proposed a reliable and user-friendly voting system that would count votes securely using an Arduino microcontroller board. To ensure that only allowed voters can cast a ballot at a time, the system employs a three-step verification process including password, fingerprint and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) authentication. An alert is activated in the event of unwanted access or tampering and can be silenced using the admin password. The administrator may also log in using his or her password to view the outcome of the voting. In comparison to the conventional Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), the proposed system has a number of benefits including quick and accurate vote counting, the removal of human intervention errors, increased transparency and reduced possibility of election fraud.