Arduino Based Authenticated Voting Machine (AVM) using RFID and Fingerprint for the Student Elections

Abstract

The guiding principles of democracy are free elections. Through elections, people reaffirm their voice, their beliefs, and select someone whose ideas support them most. Voters will elect their representatives via elections. The purpose of the elections is not only to decide the outcome but also to give the winners credence, also for those voters who did not bother to vote for them. The need to hold free, equal, and secret elections is emphasized here. It involves the supervision of elections by free, accountable, impartial and autonomous electoral bodies. As the phrase is ‘today teens, tomorrow’s citizens,’ the student community needs the process of elections to be involved, trained, and acquainted with. Under this respect, the institutions of higher education hold elections in the form of general elections to the Office of the student councils. By this student will receive first-hand information about filing nomination, scrutiny of papers, withdrawing, canvassing, addressing, and most importantly voting. The use of technology in voting will make it easier, more effective, and less prone to breaches of security. Technology will boost and speed up the safety of all votes and make the counting and automated verification much more effective. The design of an advanced voting system is a difficult task as many main requirements have to be met. The secrecy of a poll should be maintained. No proof of which candidate gets particular voting shall be provided by the voting system. The authors implemented the Authenticated Voting Machine in the College elections in this paper to ease the process and improve transparency. The concept is still in its infancy and requires more research to keep it stable and theoretically strong. To ensure protection, the model uses radiofrequency and fingerprint recognition.