Interfacing of Online and Offline Voting System with an E-Voting Website

Abstract

This paper presents the interfacing of online and offline voting systems with an E-Voting website. As per the bylaw of the Constitution of India, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has been driven to conduct elections honestly and autonomously at regular intervals. For this, from the last decade onwards they are implementing advanced technologies in the election process to ensure efficacy, less time consumption, and cost. Right now, the ECI effectively utilizing the Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) with an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) to ensure each individual votes. However, still, the ECI struggling to control malpractice that exists in the election process while verifying voters with an electoral list. To overcome these issues, a face recognition device is embedded with the EVM. The ECI trying to achieve a more than ninety-five percent polling rate in a democratic country. At present, the average polling rate in all types of elections has not reached a mere seventy percent. The ECI is unable to achieve its target due to people migrating from state to state and abroad for employment. The main objective of interfacing online and offline voting systems are to provide opportunities for migrated people to complete vote during elections in their respective constituencies. In this regard, an online website is used for voting which can update the information of voters and their voting status which are acquired through both online and offline voting. The offline voting system implements the usage of the raspberry pi for face recognition. Test results on developed online and offline voting systems with an E-Voting website are found to be satisfactory.