online voting system final

Online Voting System

Nikunj Patel [CE-86] Nitan Patel [CE-87]

PROJECT PROFILE



PROJECT PROFILE

Project Name Online Employment System

Project Description It is a Online Voting System which deals with the Voting system

where Voters, Electoral and Admin three main modules are

managing the system and the process of voting is done very secure

and efficiently.

Development Team

Size

2

Internal Guide Mr. P.H Dave

Assistant Professor,

Computer Engineering Department,

Faculty of Technology,

Dharmsinh Desai University,

Nadiad, Gujarat.

Platform Windows 7

Technologies Used Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

ASP.NET with C# 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2005,

Ajax

JavaScript

Methodology Object Oriented System Development

Tools Used Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

MS Expression Web 2.0

MS Visio 2007

MS Word 2003

Adobe Photoshop 7



PROJECT PLANNING



Study of Old techniques and other techniques

The electoral process has evolved over the years, the first election system where mainly enacted

through the use of paper ballots. The voter would go to a polling station and cast a vote for their choose

candidate for a particular role in government or society. With the growth and expansion in technology

new ways where sought to handle the electoral process such as electronic voting. Electronic voting is the

use of computers or computerized equipment to cast votes in an election. Any vote collection system

that could be manipulated to affect the outcome of elections, could potentially pose a threat to the

election as a whole. Therefore electronic voting systems can be considered safety critical .This term

could be used more specifically to voting that is carried out through the internet, telephone, optical scan

etc.



Types of electronic voting systems

There are different types of electronic voting systems which are being used globally at the current

period. Due to the impact of the internet, voting has been made easier to the voters. The types of

electronic voting used at the present time are stated below.

1] Punch Card Voting System

A punch card is a storage medium made of thin cardboard stock that holds data as patterns of punched

holes. Each of the 80 or 96 columns holds one character. The holes are punched by a keypunch machine

or cards punch peripheral and are fed into the computer by a card reader. With punch card voting,

voters create holes in prepared ballot cards to indicate their choice of candidate.

2] Direct Recording Electronic Voting System (DRE)

Direct Recording Voting machine are computerized voting machines that are used to count votes that

are cast internally on the machine. These machines require the voter to use a keyboard, pointer or

touch to mark their vote on a computer terminal. The DRE voting machines take the form of an ATM

shaped box; usually the terminal consists of graphic images which guide the voter through the voting

process. DRE systems are often favored because they can be embedded with assistive technologies for

handicapped people, which would permit them to vote without the involvement of other people. The

DRE system can also be configured to provide feedback on the validity of a particular ballot so that the

voter can have an opportunity to correct problems if they are noticed.

3] Telephone Voting

Telephone voting allows people to call different telephone numbers to indicate preference for different

options, or a voter might call the number and indicate a preference by pressing buttons in a menu

system. Its main drawback is the difficulty in verifying the identity of the voter and in permitting only

one vote per person. Its chief advantage is the ease in getting people to participate.



4] Online Voting

Online voting is a form of voting in which the individuals are able to cast their votes online, through a

web interface. Through the use of online voting, the voter navigates to the designated election site using

a web browser on an ordinary PC. The individual then authenticates himself or herself before the system

enables the voter to view the ballot displayed on the screen. The voter is then permitted to select their

chosen candidate and then cast the votes which would then be sent to the election server for

processing.

Online Voting systems can be conducted through a number of methods:

Kiosk Internet Voting: This form of internet voting permits the voter to vote from computers in

kiosks set up by the voting authority in convenient locations such as post offices and shopping

malls.

Poll Site Internet Voting: This form of internet voting permits voters to go to designated polling

sites to cast their votes for their chosen candidates through the use of computers. The data

contains the votes that are transmitted from each polling site to a central election server via the

internet.

Remote Internet Voting: This form of voting enables the voters to cast votes for specified

candidates from any location through the use of a computer connected to the internet. Remote

voting is typically carried out at the voter’s home or workplace. Remote voting is a very

convenient method of voting, since the voter has the choice to vote in an election from any

suitable location. The project to be implemented is going to use the remote internet voting

method.



PLANNING

Project Definition:

Voters Features

Voter Registration.

Voters can manage their profiles.

Voters can participate in online voting.

Voter can see the Election Rules

Voter and Member can give the Feedback

Voter can see the List of Electoral Candidates

Voter can get the result online via mail

Voter can upload their photos

Electoral Members Features

Electoral Member Registration.

Electoral Members can manage their profiles.

Online advertisement of Member.

Member can upload their Photos

Member can also upload the sign of their party

Member can set the Party information online

Electoral Member can get their result via email



Admin Features

Collect the Vote online

Can generate the voting result

Can view and send the voting result via email to the voters and electoral

Add /edit / view profile of voters

Add/ edit / view profile of Members

Add /edit / view votes

Add / edit/ view Feedback

Set Themes and Set the environment of the website

Admin can inform the voters for voting schedule

Admin can secure(ENCRYPTED PASSWORD) log-in and log-out to his/her account

Admin can show the result on home page

Other features:

Login

Forgot password

Register.

Logout



Scope of the application:

It contains Voter, Electoral Member and Admin modules.

Voter

Voter can register, see the details of the Electoral Members, Login, can vote to any one Electoral

Member, send Feedback to admin, can view the result when the result is displayed by the admin,

can see the election rules online on the webpage and cam manage their profile.

Electoral Member

Electoral Member can register, can advertise on the homepage, Member can upload their

member’s photos and sign of the party, can set the details of the party, and manage their profile

Admin

Admin can set different operation like forget password, new user

Add /edit / view votes, Add/ edit / view Electoral Member’s Profile, Add /edit / view Voter’s

Profile, Add / edit/ view Feedback, Set Themes and Environment of the whole Website, can set

the Time and Schedule the Election Program, can Authenticate the Voters and Members



Problem Statement:

So much Paper work

Process is much time consuming

Extra expense in paper work and other facility at voting process

If any problem occurs during election schedule then we cannot achieve our target and we

have to change schedule

It is a time consuming process so computer Literary persons can’t vote sometimes cause

of their busy schedule

Chances of mishandle or error in manual voting

Cumbersome filling and retrieval due to the incomplete source of information

Too much difficult to share resources with fellow centers

Increase the staff in test taken place and wasting of their precious time



SYSTEM ANALYSIS



Preliminary Investigation

Project Feasibility

Technical Feasibility

The technical resources required for carrying out the project include personal computers, and software’s

tools like Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft SQL server 2005, Microsoft Visio 2007, Adobe

Photoshop 7, Microsoft Office 2003, All these resources including the Personal Computer and important

tools are available in the Company Resources.

Schedule Feasibility

Different amount of time may be required for each stage in the project cycle, depending on the

particulars of the key aspect of the project cycle seem to recur during development process. The

information obtained during the requirement gathering of pre-development phase provide the impetus

for the requirement analysis and the information is further used in the design phase

Task Duration

Learning Technology 15/12/11 to 2/1/11

Analysis (SRS Review, Requirement

Study)

26/12/11 to 30/1/11

Design (Object Design, Access Layer

Design , UI Layer Design)

2/2/11 to 13/2/11

Coding 16/2/11 to 20/3/11

Testing 9/3/11 to 27/3/11

Implementation 30/3/11 to 30/3/11

Documentation 5/1/11 to 3/4/11



The above schedule specifies the estimated time that will be required in various software development

phases, considering all situational factors. Team members are technically ready accepting few days

training on to get the Technology Awareness. Thus according to calculation, it is feasible to build such

solution in time. “The schedule will be revised at the end of each phase and updated as required”.

Operational Feasibility

The operational feasibility is done to define the urgency of the problem and the acceptability of our

solution. The following contrast between the systems proves the objectives of the operational feasibility

with respect to our system.

The following the PIECES framework to perform in the operational feasibility:-

P: Performance

Problem: The System need to perform quick transaction according to different Criteria. And

also add the new user and assigned the role and privileges according the requirements. Thus need

to quickly perform the transaction

Solution: Using Ajax, we can enhance the performance of quick search so that searching time is

minimized. By using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 we can enhance the performance as the Stored

Procedures are precompiled so time to perform the transaction is minimized.

I: Information

Problem: The need of the system is generate various reports for all modules, and also directly

sent auto generated report to the members



Solution: By using the effective coding optimization we can satisfy this request and able to sent the mail

by storing the information of the respected user and also generate various reports online generated by

crystal report tools so that user can see reports at any time.

E: Economy

Problem: The system need to reduce cost to maintain data manually at different places.

Solution: Online Voting system effectively solves the problem by storing the

data in SQL Server 2005 which stores data at central location. In system we provide day to day backup

facility, which is help to reduce cost and increase profit of the company.

C: Control

Problem: There is need to of Centralize control of the Overall System and provide security and

performance optimization transaction to be done by the Admin only.

Solution: In Online Voting system, each group is given the access right which will be responsible for

any irrelevant information so system will be more secured.

E: Efficiency

Problem: The current system should be efficient in terms of maximum use of available resources

including manpower, time, flow of forms, etc.

Solution: In Online Voting system is more efficient by putting less effort on changing and managing

the content, which will in turn affect to the maximum utilization of resources.

S: Service

Problem: The need to provide the view of the different voters, members, votes, feedback so in System

we can easily add any other module.



Solution: The Online Voting system will provide a flexibility of viewing the different voters, members,

votes, feedback. This system is a web application so that we easily integrate any other module in future

enhancement.

“Thus at the end of Feasibility Study it is understood that the project is viable and we start

doing the Analysis for the same to identifying the Requirement.”



Technology Used:

MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK 3.5

The .NET Framework is a new computing platform that simplifies application

development in the highly distributed environment of the Internet. The .NET Framework is

designed to fulfill the following objectives:

i) To provide a consistent object-oriented programming environment whether object

code is stored and executed locally, executed locally but Internet-distributed, or

executed remotely.

ii) To provide a code-execution environment that minimizes software deployment.

iii) To provide a code-execution environment that eliminates the performance

problems of scripted or interpreted environments.

iv) To make the developer experience consistent across widely varying types of

applications, such as Windows-based applications and Web-based applications.

The .NET Framework 3.5, includes more useful additions. Alongside this evolution,

Microsoft’s flagship tool for creating .NET applications has also moved forward. The latest

release, Visual Studio 2008, offers a range of improvements for creating .NET applications.

Every step in this path has been aimed at providing a better and more productive environment for

the people who create Windows software.



ASP.NET

ASP.NET is more than the next version of Active Server Pages (ASP); it is a unified Web

development platform that provides the services necessary for developers to build enterprise-

class Web applications. While ASP.NET is largely syntax compatible with ASP, it also provides

a new programming model and infrastructure for more secure, scalable, and stable applications.

You can feel free to augment your existing ASP applications by incrementally adding ASP.NET

functionality to them.

ASP.NET is a compiled, NET-based environment; you can author applications in any

.NET compatible language, including Visual Basic .NET, C#, and JScript. Additionally, the

entire .NET Framework is available to any ASP.NET application. Developers can easily access

the benefits of these technologies, which include the managed common language runtime

environment, type safety, inheritance, and so on.

Developers can use Web Forms or XML Web services when creating an ASP.NET

application, or combine these in any way they see fit. Each is supported by the same

infrastructure that allows you to use authentication schemes; cache frequently used data, or

customizes your application's configuration, to name only a few possibilities.



ASP.NET is one of the today’s most popular technologies for creating Web-based

applications. AJAX is becoming a dominant approach for designing those applications. These

two realities imply that ASP.NET AJAX will be one of the most widely used parts of the .NET

Framework 3.5. The figure below illustrates the two main components of this technology.



SQL SERVER 2005

Introduction

The database component of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a Structured Query Language

(SQL)–based, scalable, relational database with integrated Extensible Markup Language (XML)

support for Internet applications.

Maintaining relationships between data in the database.

Ensuring that data is stored correctly and that the rules defining data relationships

are not violated.

Recovering all data to a point of known consistency in case of system failures.



DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

I. Software’s

Front-End :- Asp. Net 3.5, Html, AJAX

Back End :- Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Web servers :- IIS 6.0

Technology :- .Net Framework 3.5

Programming Language :- C#.NET

Designing :- Word ,Adobe Photoshop 7

Scripting :- Java-script

II. Platform

Server Operating System :- Windows Server

Client Operating System :- Windows 7

III. Hardware Configuration

PIV 1GHZ

2 GB MB RAM

500 GB Hard Disk

52x Max DVD-RW

Mouse

Keyboard



SYSTEM DESIGN



USECASE OF ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM


Voter

Electoral Member

Administrator

User Registration

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USECASE OF



VOTER USECASE


Voter System

Registration

Login

Manage Profile

Participate in

Voting

Result

View Election

Schedule

Logout

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USECASE OF ELECTORAL MEMBER


Voter System

Registration

Login

Manage Profile

Participate in

Voting

Result

View Election

Schedule

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USECASE OF ADMIN


Admin System

Login

Manage Profile &

Contents

Manage

Advertisement

Result

Schedule election

Logout

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CLASS DIAGRAM OF ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM

«implementation class»


{documentation = From Classes}

+Authentication() : int

+Count_Vote() : long

+AskSecurityQuestion() : void

-Votes polled : int

-Status of vote : string

Vote Server

+CastingVote() : bool

+ViewResults() : void

-LoginID : string

-VoteID : string

-Password : string

Voter

+Create_Profile() : bool

+Update_Profile() : bool

+View_Profile() : byte

-Name : string

-Age : int

-Address : string

Profile

+SubmitNomination() : void

-Name : string

-Address : string

-Party_Image

Electoral

+Declare_Result() : void

+Polled_Votes() : void

-Election_Date : string

-Result_Date : string

Admin

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-Sending Status*

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STATECHART DIAGRAM OF ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM

Registration

Login

View Profile

Cast Vote

Ackoledgement

Declare Result

View Result



COLLOBORATION DIAGRAM OF ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM

Top Package::Voter

Top Package::Email client

1. Login id 2. Verification

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3. Valid4. Issue ballot

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Top Package::Vote Server

{Authentication Process}

5. Cast Vote



SEQUENCE DIAGRAM OF ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM

Top Package::VoterTop Package::Server Top Package::Authentication Process

Voter Server Authentication Process Email Client

Enter Login id Verification

Valid

Issue Ballot

Cast Vote

Send Email id and status

Send Acknowledgement



ACTIVITY DIAGRAM OF ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM

call on Election

/ Check Consitency

/ Yes

/ no

/ Duplicate Profile

/ Check Answer

/ no

/ Yes

/ Yes

/ Check Accessbility

/ Check validity

/ Yes

/ yes

/ Check Polling Date

Create Profile

Generate Ballot Number

Access Denied

Acknowledged Ballot Number to Voter

Login

Security Question

Cast Vote

Deactivate Ballot Number

Send Acknoledgement View Profile Update Profile

Declare Result

/ Polling Corrupted

/ Forgot Password



ER DIAGRAM



ER-DIAGRAM OF ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM



DATA DICTIONARY



DATABASE RELATION DIAGRAM BY VS.NET 2008 ALL THE TABLES



ADMIN TABLE



CITIZEN TABLE



CURRENT ELECTION TABLE



DATE SETTING TABLE



ELECTION RULES TABLE



ELECTION MASTER TABLE



FEEDBACK TABLE



MEMBER DATA TABLE



MEMBER SEAT TABLE



RESULT DISPLAY SETTING TABLE



SETTING TABLE



SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION



MODULES

Online Voting System is divided into three main modules.

1] Voter Module

2] Electoral Module

3] Admin Module.



VOTER MODULE:

In this module, first of all voter has to register him/herself via online registration form, after that

admin has to check the voter detail and authenticate that voter, voter receive the voter id and

temporary password to login in the system. Voter can edit, delete and add his/her detail after

login and update their profile. Even more voter can see all the information of electoral member

who participate in the election process.

After successfully submitted the information about the voter and completed the profile

management, voter’s duty to vote the electoral member as per his choice.

Voter also can get the result by two methods, by email and on homepage of the website. The

result can review by electoral member and voting zones and by distinct data attributes. Voter’s

login is strictly prohibited after the define timeline. After that time voters cannot login in their

profiles.



ELECTORAL MEMBER MODULE:

The electoral member has to register themselves after the notification given by admin. They can

make profile online and update, add and delete their information. One more step here is included

that electoral member can upload their profile picture as well as their party symbol too.

They have to wait for the election date and electoral member themselves can vote so after the

voting process they can get the result online on the homepage and in their email account too.

And electoral member can advertise themselves on the homepage, via authenticated by the

admin.



ADMIN MODULE:

The main role of this system is admin; admin has the highest responsibilities, like contents

management, web design management and members managements too. Admin can prepare the

result of the election. And send the result to the members. The detail of the admin is defined in

the scope.



Functional Requirements

• Permit users to gain access and utilize information conveyed on the website to be implemented.

• Enable secure form of authenticating users who would like to gain access into the voting

system.

• Enable a secure mode of communication between the client and server.

• Permit the system administrator to access and manipulate system users’ information.

• Permit system administrator to dynamically add candidates to be voted for in the system.

• Permit voters to login to the system and vote for their chosen candidate.

• Restrict voters from voting more than once.

• Permit a limited number of graphical images on website.



Non-Functional Requirements

• The website to be created efficiently utilizing the system resources such as bandwidth, memory

etc.

• Implement a comprehensive, adjustable and maintainable voting system.

• Implement a well presented and structured website, which is clearing visible to users.

• Ensure system development and coding is well documented for future use.



SCREENSHOTS



Voter profile



HOMEPAGE



ADMIN LOGIN



ADMIN SETTING PAGE



ADMIN SETTING PART 2



ADMIN SETTING AND PERMISSION PAGE



DATE SETTING OF ADMIN PANEL



RESULT DISPLAY SETTING



ADMIN ELECTION SETTING AND PERMISSION



ELECTION RULES PAGE



CHANGE PASSWORD PAGE OF ADMIN



CITIZEN DATA PAGE OF ADMIN PANEL



MEMBER DATA PAGE OF ADMIN PANEL



SEND EMAIL TO CITIZEN PAGE OF ADMIN PANEL



SETTING OF ELECTION RULE PAGE



FEEDBACK FORM PAGE OF USERS



MEMBER REGISTRATION PAGE



MEMBER REGISTRATION PART 2



CITIZEN REGISTRATION PAGE



CITIZEN REGISTRATION FORM PAGE



SYSTEM TESTING



System Testing

In order to ensure that the system works perfectly, it has to be rigorously tested. The testing

procedure would be used to check all the features developed for the online voting system work

efficiently, the test procedure would also be used to identify any hidden errors or deficiencies the

system may possess. In order to conduct an efficient testing process on the system, a suitable

testing procedure has to be utilized. In choosing an appropriate testing strategy to use, some

considerations have to be reviewed in terms of the size and complexity of the system to be tested.

Test Strategies

There is a number of testing strategies that can be utilized to conduct adequate testing processes;

the black box and white box testing methods are the most popular methods used to test software

developed systems.



Black Box Testing

This testing strategy which is also known as functional testing is used by a tester who has no

knowledge of the internal structure of the system. The tester does not test the programming code

itself but instead performs the test based on previously understood requirements. This form of

testing is usually conducted by the end user, who would enter an input into the system and check

for an expected output. The advantage of using black box testing is that the test can be done by

the users of the system, without them needing to have prior knowledge of the system’s code.



Test Plan

In order to efficiently test the full functional capability of the online voting system, a test plan

has to be created. The test plan created would break the testing processes in order to tackle any

malfunctioning feature of the online voting system. The testing process would focus on testing

the system’s server, database server and web pages on different web browsers. This test has to be

carried out to ensure that the system would be able to function on any web browser utilized by

the system’s users. The testing process would focus on the system login authentication features;

this is an integral part of the system, because it ensures security of the system is upheld again

unauthorized access. A test would be carried out to check if the password being utilized is

encrypted and decrypted. The system’s form validation would also have to be tested to ensure the

error message to be presented to the user if the forms are not filled correctly is functioning

appropriately. The system database engines which connect the application to the database system

have to be tested to ensure that information being retrieved from the users are populating the

database system



Test Cases

Process Name: Logging large no of users.

Testing Strategy: Black Box

Test Cases

Test Case TEST DATA Expected

O/P Actual O/P Done

Check system response when more than 200 users logged in the system.

valid Large no of users

System should not get slow.

System should not get slow.

Yes

Test Cases

Process Name: Inserting large no of records.


Test Cases


O/P Actual O/P Done

Size of table should increase by 10 percent if it is full.

valid Large no of records are added.

New record must be added.

New record must be added.

Yes



Process Name: Logout Account


Test Cases


O/P Actual O/P Done

Logout Account yourself.

valid Logout Button is clicked

Account is Logged out.

User can’t login again.

Account is Logged out

. User can’t login again.

Yes

invalid User logged again.

Can’t login. Account is Logged out.

Can’t login. Account is Logged out.



Process Name: Create New User


Test Cases:


O/P Actual O/P Done

Enter Email Id

valid New unique

User id

New User created

New User created

Yes

invalid Null in User Id

New User not created


Insert Password

valid Correct password

New User created

New User created

Yes

invalid Less than 6 characters



Process Name: Login


Test Cases:


O/P Actual O/P Done

Enter Email Id

valid Enter Email id

Login successful

Login Successful

Yes

invalid Null in User Id

Alert Email id format should be correct.

Alert Email id format should be correct.



1.

Process Name: Send Mail


Test Cases:


O/P Actual O/P Done

Enter recipient Email Id

valid Email Id Entered

Message sent successfully


Yes

invalid Null in recipient Email Id

Display alert to

Add recipient

Email Id

Display alert to

Add recipient

Email Id

Enter Subject

valid Subject mentioned



Yes

invalid Subject not mentioned

Display alert to enter subject

Display alert to enter subject

Enter text in body part.

valid Text mentioned



Yes

invalid Text not mentioned

Display alert to enter text in body part

Display alert to enter text in body part



FUTURE EXTENSION



Future enhancement

A lot of work could be done to enhance the security features of the present system. The system at

the moment permits voters to choose their own passwords when they are being registered by the

administrator, it would be more secure to develop a password generator facility which would

create a unique password for each voter at random. The passwords would then be emailed to

each voter through the use of the email address provided. The system could also be enhanced by

displaying the voting result through the use of 3D graphs, which would help the administrator

and elections analysts in reviewing the voting results. Due to time constraints these ideas where

not brought to light in the project.



CONCLUSION



Conclusion:

This chapter will discuss the development of the entire system as a whole. It will give an insight

into the general procedures that were taken to accomplish the project. It will also discuss the

aims and objectives’ of the initial proposal that where and the objectives that could not be

accomplished. It will cover the drawbacks the project possesses and the necessary work that can

be used to enhance the system in the future.



Project Overview

The main project objective was to build a secure online voting system, which would be used by

the students of the University of Westminster of the student union elections. The aim of the

project was to convert the current use of paper based voting to an electronic form of voting,

which would enable voters to vote remotely from any location through the use of the internet.

Research was carried out on the different forms of online voting systems that currently exist,

noting their features, and how to influence the participation of voters to an election. Various

forms of server side technologies where investigated in order to choose the right programming

language to use for the development of the online voting system. Security issues that may affect

the integrity of the online voting system where addressed and counter measures on how to

project the system’s security where researched. A number of software development

methodologies where reviewed, upon careful consideration, the waterfall methodology was

chosen as the most appropriate development method to use for this particular project.

During the design and development of the system, the main effort was focused on designing and

developing the system to achieve a solution based on the concepts of the system proposal. This

phase provided a clear description of how the system was to be created. The main emphasis was

on creating an intuitive user interface for retrieving information, querying the database by the use

of java classes and scriplets and ensuring security was of top priority. The testing phase of the

project was used to rigorously exercise the system to expose any deficiencies and short comings

which the system may have possessed. The results of the test showed if they system was ready to

be delivered to its end users. The system created met its objectives, by being simple to use and

secure, which was important due to the fact that it would be used for the student union electoral

process.



Problems Encountered

Problems where encountered mainly in the development process of the online voting system.

Setting up the server and configuring the server. Gaining access into the database, using the SQL

Bridge yielded a lot of problems, the SQL engine created for accessing the database lacked two

parameters for the username and password, once this was discovered in the code, the problem

was resolved.



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Documents

form of voting

process of voting

voting process

voting authority

online voting systems

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kiosk internet voting

remote internet voting