Democratising Election Process
Anusha Nallapareddy, Goutham Pole, Uttej Cheedalla, Pruthvi Namala, Hemanth Naidu · 2023
In democratic countries like India, voting is a fundamental right through which people choose their leaders.Traditionally, voting has taken place in centralized or distributed locations known as polling booths or stations.All citizens of India above the age of 18 years can cast their vote and choose their leaders.Voters go to polling booths and cast their votes under the supervision of an authorized person.Some of the main issues encountered with this traditional voting system include fewer voting percentages and false votes.To overcome these, an online voting web application is proposed in this paper.Any registered eligible voter can cast his/her vote through this application by logging in to the application.Before casting the vote, the application authenticates every voter on 2 levels.The 1 st level of verification is carried through One Time Password (OTP) and 2 nd level is through voter identification (ID) and any other government-issued ID cards such as Aadhaar, Permanent Account Number (PAN) card etc.,.The Aadhaar card is a government-issued unique identification card for every Indian citizen.Through this proposed online voting application, any eligible voter can cast their vote within minutes from any corner of the world by logging into the application using a gadget (mobile, laptop, tab, etc.,) connected to the internet.The main objectives of this document are to increase vote rate and reduce false votes.The conduction of elections through this application also reduces the workforce.