Design and Simulation of a Smart Card-Based Electronic Voting Machine
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- October 16, 2022
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1Iyidobi, Jonathan C., 2Onuigbo, Chika M., 3Eze, Marcel N.
1,2,3Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria
| Accepted: September 21st, 2022 | Published: September 30th, 2022 |
Citations – APA
| Iyidobi, J. C., Onuigbo, C. M., Eze, M. N. (2022). Design and Simulation of a Smart Card-Based Electronic Voting Machine. International Journal of Information Sciences and Engineering, 6(2), 34-45. |
ABSTRACT
This project focuses on the design of a secured, reliable and efficient smart card-based electronic voting machine. The system utilizes RFID technology for automatic identification and data capturing of voters. More so, the system consists of a microcontroller, an RFID scanner, push buttons, and an LCD display. This project is aimed at providing a homegrown electronic voting system in Nigeria owing to the recent enactment of a law powering the Nigerian electoral umpire to adopt electronic voting in conducting elections in Nigeria. Elections in Nigeria have been adjudged the most violent in Africa. This is perhaps owing to the large population and plurality of the Nigerian states that have compounded electioneering processes for the country. This system will, therefore, eliminate the challenges that have been associated with manual voting in Nigeria. With this system in place, all that is required of a voter is to present his or her voter’s identity card, the card will be swiped before the RFID scanner; the RFID senses the information of the voter and sends it to the ATMEGA 328P microcontroller. Having received the voter’s information, the microcontroller will check whether such a voter is eligible to vote in the particular polling unit. If the voter belongs to the polling unit, the system checks whether the voter has already voted, of and if the voter has not voted before, the system will be activated to receive the vote.
Keywords: Smart Card-Based Electronic Voting Machine; Design and Simulation; Microcontroller