Framework for an E-Voting System Applicable in Developing Economies

Lauretta O. Osho, Muhammad B. Abdullahi, Oluwafemi Osho
2016 International Journal of Information Engineering and Electronic Business  
Information technology has pervaded virtually every facet of human life. Even in the delivery of governance, information technology has gradually found a place. One of its applications is the use of electronic voting, also known as e-voting, as opposed to the traditional manual method of voting. This form of voting, however, is not immune to challenges generally associated with voting. Two of these include guaranteeing voting access to all eligible voters, and providing necessary voting
more » ... . The challenge of accessibility is especially peculiar to developing countries where IT adoption is still relatively low. This paper proposes a framework for an e-voting system that would most benefit developing economies. It ensures availability of the system to only eligible voters and integrity of the voting process through its capacity to identify and prevent ineligible voters and multiple voting. To guarantee accessibility to all eligible voters, it supports both online and offline voting capabilities. Adopting electronic form of voting would provide a more robust, easier to use, and reliable system of voting, which, consequently, would contribute towards enhancing the delivery of democratic dividends. His current research interests include trust, security and privacy issues in data management for wireless sensor and ad hoc networks, cloud computing, big data technology and information and communication security. Oluwafemi Osho is currently a lecturer in the
doi:10.5815/ijieeb.2016.06.02 fatcat:bs6xmmzpkvczjg5nzfyjn2iio4