Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering, Shimoga - 577204

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

PROJECT-SYNOPSIS On A biometric-secure e-voting system for election processes

Project Associates Name Girish G N Kiran G V Shivaraj A M Sudheer H S USN 4JN09CS401 4JN09CS404 4JN09CS411 4JN09CS413

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Manohar Nelli V B.E Lecturer, Dept of CS & E, JNNCE, Shimoga.

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Introduction It has always been a tedious task for the Election commission to conduct free and fair polls in our country, the largest democracy in the world. Crores of rupees have been spent on this to make sure that the elections are riot free. But, now- a -days it has become common for some forces to indulge in rigging which may eventually lead to a result contrary to the actual verdict given by the people.
Biometrics is the term given to the use of biological traits or behavioral characteristics to identify an individual. The traits may be fingerprints, hand geometry, facial geometry, etc. In this project we have used thumb impression for the purpose of voter identification or authentication. As the thumb impression of every individual is unique, it helps in maximizing the accuracy. A database is created containing the thumb impressions of all the voters in the constituency. Illegal votes and repetition of votes is checked for in this system. Hence if this system is employed the elections would be fair and free from rigging.

Problem Description As a pre-poll procedure, a database consisting of the thumb impressions of all the eligible voters in a constituency is created. During elections, the thumb impression of a voter is entered as input to the system. This is then compared with the available records in the database. If the particular pattern matches with anyone in the available record, access to cast a vote is granted. But in case the pattern doesnt match with the records of the database or in case of repetition, access to cast a vote is denied or the vote gets rejected. Also the polling officials of the election poll booth are informed about the identity of the imposter. All the voting machines are connected in a network, through which data transfer takes place to the main host. The result is instantaneous and counting is done finally at the main host itself.

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Objectives It will permit only eligible voters to vote (eligibility). It will ensure that each eligible voter can vote only once (un-reusability). No one can duplicate his or someone else's vote (un duplicability). The system should not pose any restrictions on the location from which a voter can cast a vote (mobility). Expected Results This biometric thumb impression online voting system would enable hosting of fair
elections. This will preclude the illegal practices like rigging.

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