Design And Implementation Of An Android Based Student Voting Application

Introduction

1.1 Background of the Study

All over the world, higher institution of learning are required to have free and fair elections for a democratic of the student’s Union. Elections on campus allows the student populace to choose their student representatives to express their feelings and grievances on issues on campus. Thus, the accuracy and integrity of the election process are crucial to the integrity of the democracy itself.With the advancement in technology and the development of computers, security and fair exchange can be done electronically which includes voting which is becoming a popular trend brought by innovation. Our Universities, in Nigeria are also trying to stay updated with other prestigious universities across the world using e-voting instead of the traditional ballot and paper voting method saving universities resources and time. The deployment and implementation of a secured electronic voting system is very essential in every higher institution of learning for their students’ union government, to provide a high level of security to students (voters), which is the main goal of the campus voting system for students to cast their votes with minimum effort and less stressful. There are many properties that are valuable that have made the student campus voting system secured, they are:- Security: The proposed system uses the most secured web technology to prevent the system against hack or malicious attacks to prevent missing data or results.

No Multiple Entries:

The system is fortified with students trying to cast a vote more than once.

Real time Results:

No incomplete result is obtainable as results are updated from the database in real-time.

Uncoercibility:

Students can’t show other student who he/she voted for to prevent bribery.

1.2 Statement of the Problem

Traditional voting system also known as ballot paper voting system is a method by which recording and counting votes are carried out on paper cards, this method of voting has been proven to be slow with a lot of irregularities which include: student vote buying, student among each other, voting only in one particular voting center. All these various challenges has affected the integrity of the process with this method and there’s a need to improvise and adopt the e-voting method for smooth and real-time student elections.

1.3 Objective of the Study

The aim of this research is to design and implement a student campus voting system for voters’ (student) in various University across Nigeria which will be a tool used by Student Union Government to conduct a free and fair election using computers. To replace the current inefficient manual system of voting inUniversities. To ensure a secured, fast and safe elections which will fight against vote buying, waiting to vote, preventing double voting and many more. This system when implemented will also help universities reduce the huge costs of running an elections.

1.4 Significance of the Study

The implementation of a secured student campus voting system is very critical in every student’s union electoral body. The main goal of e-Voting is to provide voters (students) a good environment so that students can cast their votes with minimum cost and zero efforts during the electoral process.

1.5 Limitation of the Study

During the period of the research, Finance was a major challenge, going from one department to another in search of elections executives for relevant. Another major challenge was combing the research with my other academic activities.

1.6 Definition of Terms

Elections

An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.

Student

A student is primarily a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution who attends classes in a course to attain the appropriate level of mastery.

Vote

A vote is a choice made by a particular person or group in a meeting or an election.

Campus Voting System

Electronic voting technology that can handle student voting activities.