Design and Construction of an Electronic Voting System

Abstract

The amount of money spent on the production of ballot papers and other electoral materials has increased exponentially over the years. Large democracies such as Nigeria’s require more balloting materials running into billions of dollars for a national election. These materials which are neither transferable nor re-useable are valid for just a session of election; thus, whatever is left after an election cannot be re-used. This means that after every election, a similar or higher budget than the preceding one is required for the next election. This results in a colossal waste of revenue. An electronic voting system eliminates the use of ballot papers and other electoral materials, gives an accurate result, and generally eliminates electoral fraud which has characterized elections in most Sub-Sahara African countries over the years. The system is re-useable as it can also be reset to conduct the fresh election as the needs arise. This paper, the design and construction of an electronic voting system, presents a simple electronic voting system. It is made up of both hardware, and software sections. While the hardware section consists of a microcontroller.