E-Vote: Online Voting System for Campus Election

E-voting means the voting process in elections by using electronic devices. E-voting promises the possibility of a convenient, easy and safe way to capture and count the votes in an election. This project provides the specification and requirements for e-voting using the CodeIgniter platform. The CodeIgniter platform is used to develop e-voting software. A voter may need to register for a particular election, and after successful registration an OTP will be generated and sent to the voter’s registered mobile number or email id. If OTP entered is valid, the voter is directed to the login page. Else if OTP entered is invalid, voters will be instructed to re-enter OTP. In this work, a new e-voting system is proposed that ensures voter confidentiality and accuracy of voting, thereby providing an important framework based on unique identification, which is the admission number of the voter and his/her password used at the time of registration. The database of eligible voters is already kept in the software to avoid malpractice at the time of voter registration. Hence the software provides security at multiple levels. An online solution is very useful as the information about the voters and the election committee is also made available to the people in this system.