The Design and Development of Real-Time EVoting System in Nigeria with Emphasis on Security and Result Veracity

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Shafii Muhammad Abdulhamid 1,* Olawale Surajudeen Adebayo 1 Damian Oshomah Ugiomoh 2 Mohammed Danlami AbdulMalik 3

1. Cyber Security Science Department, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria

2. Mathematics and Statistics Department, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria

3. Computer Science Department, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijcnis.2013.05.02

Received: 17 Aug. 2012 / Revised: 7 Nov. 2012 / Accepted: 5 Jan. 2013 / Published: 8 Apr. 2013

Index Terms

Biometric Security, E-Voting, Voting System, Database Security, Result Veracity, Real-Time System

Abstract

Elections are believed to be the key pillars of democracy and voting is one of the electoral processes that ensure the sustenance of democracy in any civil society. In this paper, we developed an electronic voting system, which will eliminate rigging and manipulation of results to its barest minimum, this problem is mostly associated with the manual system of voting. The implementation of electronic voting system in Nigeria will boost the integrity of INEC and the result they produce. The programs used to develop this system are PHP, MySQL, Java Query, CSS and HTML. These packages make the Graphic Interface User friendly enough for even those with little or no computer knowledge.

Cite This Paper

Shafi'í Muhammad Abdulhamid, Olawale Surajudeen Adebayo, Damian Oshomah Ugiomoh, Mohammed Danlami AbdulMalik, "The Design and Development of Real-Time E-Voting System in Nigeria with Emphasis on Security and Result Veracity", International Journal of Computer Network and Information Security(IJCNIS), vol.5, no.5, pp.9-18, 2013. DOI:10.5815/ijcnis.2013.05.02

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