Electronic Voting Machine

Project Title

Electronic Voting Machine

Project Area of Specialization Electrical/Electronic EngineeringProject Summary

Electronic voting machine(EVM) are consist of many characteristic of voting by ballot paper system, and making polling loads and extra expenses. This machine is very speedy and very reliable and save the time money and man power and also it will keep the vote casting secrecy without the use of ballot paper. The EVM is one hundred percent keeping in proof and at the end of polling just press the one button and you have got your results.

Electronic voting machine in these days now become very effective system of voting. It became to be large because of ideal vote casting. It guarantee the voter there vote will be saved. It ignore any type of invalid vote. This machine will become extra reasonable priced and saved the man power expenditure. This is very convenient from voter side, because they have need to just click one button to vote their leader. Mechanical and electrical equipment like software manage, aid equipment and required document  are the entire mixture of machine.

 Voting machine is a technology that reduces the time and human affront while counting the votes which are cost free and also help to provide accessibility to old and disable people.  It helps in publishing the result in quick time and might reduce the price with the passage of time. Voters save price and time by voting from being at home and their place. It would be helpful in increasing the voter turnout.

 As most of people from the rural area unable to cast their votes because of the lack of facilities but EVM will reduce their effort and difficulties during the election as because of EVM they would be able to cast vote from their places. It would help in promoting the equality while equal casing cites social possibilities.

EVM is one of the best modern tools for voting. It helps in preventing the frauds during the election and guarantees the secured of vote of people. It avoids any form of invalid and malpractice during the election. It would also helps in reducing the man efficiency during the vote casting. Its is also convenient for voter to cast vote while using EVM because has  simply to press on button whichever belongs to his applicants. Basically electronic voting machine reduce human effort because they  safe our time from counting of vote. Their results are showing quickly on screen. Security professionals have find protection issues in every try at on-line voting.Electronic voting systems can also use electronic poll to save votes in computer memory. Systems which use them completely are referred to as DRE vote casting structures. When electronics ballots are used there is no threat of hard the supply of ballots. Additionally, these electronic ballots eliminate the want for printing of paper ballots.

Project Objectives

Election is the process of giving and taking votes from the people to get power. There can be different types of votes public or personal both can be depends on there post. Nation and federal government plays and important role in voting some election.  In paper elections, voters cast their ballots by placing them in sealed ballot boxes scattered on United States-designated ballots. At the end of the election period, these ballot boxes are opened and the votes are counted manually. A licensed officer can create fake ballots, or in some cases, a place for citizens to vote multiple times. Votes can be rigged to cloud the credibility of elections in favor of particular candidates. To avoid these problems, the Indian government has developed a Digital Direct Record (DRE) voting machine, usually an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). These devices are valued for their simple design, ease of use and reliability. However, EVMs lack tamper protection and have proven vulnerable to hacking. Additionally, these attacks go undetected in both hardware and software, but are easy to implement. This allows residents to create devices that are convenient, uncluttered, reliable, and easy to use. Biometric electronic voting systems are no longer a phenomenon. They are actively used in international areas such as Ghana and Ireland and have spread to many other developing countries. The mission supports the idea of ??a fraud prevention mechanism to enable e-voting in India. It is clear that a human fingerprint is not like any other human, which improves the overall protection performance and prevents vote forgery. Many strategies have been devised to prevent fraud in electoral systems but they cannot be completely eliminated. The company's goal is to improve the overall security of voting machines and provide easy access to verify votes using fingerprint authentication. We tried to mint every man or woman using the Arduino IDE and the SFGv2.Zero demo. The scanned fingerprint is verified. If there is a match, that person has the right to vote.

Aim and Objective:

It is cost effective, very less cumbersome, GSM module and its other functions are include in aims.

To design a digital circuit.To show  the basic operation of the machine.To design the software program to run the machine.To interfacing GSM module and the ARDUINO.This machine is very cheap and secure.

1 Political:

For the reason of political it can be used into internationally, locally and regional elections.

2.1.2 Social:

It can be used as socially or society for vote to people opinion i.e choose the best television anchor, best stars, best radio etc.

2.1.3 Economic:

It can be used for economically reason for companies societies vote for most influential company executives.

2.1.4 Educational:

This machine can be used for educational purpose to mark the attendance, and it can also be used for stakeholders, public opinion and voting for the school board

Project Implementation Method

Basically we will choose this project because of its low price and there are many applications in this controller and it will be available very easily. It can be interact with speakers, LED, cameras, motor, GPS unit etc. The Arduino software were learn very easily and the software is available on internet for free.

Arduino:

Arduino is an open-source pc hardware and software program corporation, challenge and person network that designs and manufactures microcontroller-based totally kits for constructing digital devices and interactive items which could experience and manipulate gadgets within the physical world. Massimo Banzi helped invent the Arduino, a tiny, smooth-to-use open-source microcontroller that has inspired many of people round the world to make gadgets that variety from toys to satellite tv for pc equipment. For programming the microcontrollers, the Arduino mission affords an integrated improvement surroundings (IDE) primarily based at the Processinproject, which incorporates aid for the C and C++ programming languages.

Microcontroller:

 Basically we will choose this project because of its low price and there are many applications in this controller and it will be available very easily. It can be interact with speakers, LED, cameras, motor, GPS unit etc. The Arduino software were learn very easily and the software is available on internet for free.

4LCD:

LCD is an alphanumeric Display which  usually called as liquid crystal display? It analyze and show the symbol and  Number that's the reason it's best one for the consumer? it's basically used to display massages and it's different from the seven segment display which mostly shows number and some of alphabet? and its far batter the seven segment in many ways.

Working Of Project:

 Power on:

Whenever supply is turned on the fixed LED start glow.

 Mode Selection:

 Voting mode:

“please vote” is displayed by “voting mode” when the switch is on voting mode. when the control switch is pressed by authority “authority switch”is displayed after giving vote.

Counting mode:

When toggle transfer is in counting mode “Counting mode” in displayed on the screen, and overall variety of votes to respective candidate may be displayed on the display with the aid of pressing the respective key assigned to them.

 Clear mode:

Press clean switch whilst all entries are required to be erased. Clear transfer ought to be pressed earlier than balloting method.

Buzzer indication:

Buzzer is used for indicating the casting of vote when someone cast the vote .

Benefits of the Project

Benefits:

It is inexpensive. Less manpower required. Time conscious, as much less time required for vote casting & counting.Avoids invalid vote casting. Saves transportation value due to its compact length.

Voter Athunticatio::

At first, the voter is asked to input their fingerprint. The inputted fingerprint is matched against the fingerprints stored in the database. If a match is found, the system returns a confidence value showing the percentage of match between the input and stored data. At this stage, the necessary voter information, such as, the national ID number, name of the voter etc. are displayed on the LCD screen. However, if no match is found in the database for the inputted fingerprint, the system will not respond and simply remain locked. This process effectively and efficiently weeds out unregistered or invalid voters and very useful to maintain the integrity of the voting process.

Voter fraud prevention & Voter anonymity protection

Once their identity has been confirmed, the voter can use the . Physical implementation of the system attached keypad to cast his or her vote. Once the vote is cast, the database is updated in real time. The cast vote is saved in a CSV file. The CSV file bears a unique name upon creation based on the center ID, voting machine ID and candidate ID. When the system receives the input (vote) from the voter, it searches the memory for a CSV file with the same identification corresponding to the cast vote. If the CSV file already exists, the existing file is updated. If it doesn’t, then a new CSV file is created following the unique naming convention. Inside the CSV file, the voter name and ID are stored along with the cast vote. The CSV files are processed using the database software which counts and removes duplicate entries. This way, the election process can’t be tampered with and only one vote per voter is counted. However, it is very important to note that, these CSV files can’t be accessed through the voting machines and so, the voter anonymity is preserved. The result is declared through the individual voting machine communicating with the central database and fetching the counts from each of the CSV files.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The ARDUINO UNO is a microcontroller which is a totally board based at the ATmega328(datasheet). Basically ARDUINO has 14 virtual input and output pins (6 may be used as PWM outputs) and 6 analogue inputs and 16Mhz crystal oscillator and the other is USB jack, ICSP header and energy jack and a reset button. It simply connect the laptop with a USB cable and it carries the entirely needed to help the microcontroller. The Uno differs from all preceding for in that it does now not use the FTDI USB-to-serial driving force chip. Instead, it functions the Atmega8U2 programmed as a USB-to-serial converter. There are many sorts/versions of ARDUINO forums and they may be used for distinctivefunctions. Some boards appearance a bit special from the one beneath, but they've the majority of these components in not unusual:

Technical specifications:

Microcontroller= ATmega328

Operating Voltage= 5V

Input Voltage (recommended)= 7-12V

Input Voltage (limits)= 6-20V

 Digital I/O Pins 14 (of which 6 provide PWM output)

 Analog Input Pins =6

 DC Current per I/O Pin =40 mA

 DC Current for 3.3V Pin= 50 mA

 Flash Memory 32 KB of which 0.5 KB used by bootloader

SRAM 2 KB EEPROM 1 KB Clock Speed =16MHz

Fingerprint Module:

Finger print module is the important part of the EVM. It is used for scanning the finger print of the voter before starting the voting process and all the process of scanner is controlled by the ATMEGA328p. The scanner is connected to the controller through a cable called “MAX232”. This cable is connected to an IC called RS232 which is used to convert the binary (0’s or 1’s) data of the scanner into TTL (TransistorTransistor Logic) which is understood by the microcontroller.

GSM Module:

SIM 900A out brings GSM/GPRS 900/1800 MHz performance for voice, SMS, data in a compact manner along with low power consumption. It has a dimension of 24mm*24mm*3mm which fits the space requirement of our desirable.

RFID:

RFID tag is a small device which stores and sends data to the reader. They are categorised as - active and passive. Passive RFID tags are cheaper and smaller. Another benefit is their longer shelf life. There are 2 important components - microchip and coil. The antenna/coil receives power and RF signals from the RFID reader and sends those signals to the chip. The chip after receiving those signals computes it and sends the data to RFID reader. To acknowledge the identity of the RFID card, the reader sends radio signals which is captured by the coil (working as antenna) for the card/tag. The coil receives these signals as alternating current and passes to the chip. The chip extracts power and information from the current.

Final Deliverable of the Project Hardware SystemCore Industry SecurityOther IndustriesCore Technology OthersOther TechnologiesSustainable Development Goals Peace and Justice Strong InstitutionsRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	13850
Arduino	Equipment	1	1400	1400
Finger print module	Equipment	1	2750	2750
GSM module	Equipment	1	1050	1050
RFID card	Equipment	1	4000	4000
Transformer(500mA)	Equipment	1	400	400
LCD, Buzzer, Jumper wire, power supply, battery,Buttons,	Equipment	1	1750	1750
Camera	Equipment	1	2500	2500