1. AN UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT PROPOSAL ON
“ ONLINE POLLING SYSTEM“
BY
ENUNWAH TEMOFE STEPHEN,
12N02/007
SUPERVISED BY
MR. O.E MAKINDE
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
AJAYI CROWTHER UNIVERSITY, OYO
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2. OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION/ BACKGROUND OF STUDY
PROBLEM STATEMENT
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
LITERATURE REVIEW
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
CHALLENGES
REFERENCE
CONCLUSION
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3. INTRODUCTION
When we talk about An “Online Polling System”, we must first understand some terms
Firstly, What is a Poll?
This can be defined as the casting and registering of votes in an election
The number of votes cast or recorded
A place where votes are cast and registered
Now, when we talk about an Online Polling System
“an asynchronous or real-time process of information gathering, obtained responses to
question(s) mediated by Web-based formats.”
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4. INTRODUCTION…*Continuation
An Online Polling System simply means “a real time process of vote casting and registering
mediated by web based formats.
The terms E-voting and Online Polling System may seem alike or may be used interchangeably
but there is a difference
“Electronic voting (also known as e-voting) is voting using electronic means to either aid or take
care of the chores of casting and counting votes.”
and I consider an “Online Polling System” to be an example of E-voting.
Therefore, there is no way we can talk about an “Online Polling System” without talking about
the popularly Known term “E-voting”.
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5. BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Every four years in Nigeria one of the most fundamental critical functions to the Nigerian
community takes place & also in “Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo”, this occurs every year. The
election of the Nigerian Leaders (Presidents, Governors, Senate Members etc.) is held in the first
quarter of the 4th & final year of their tenure and in ACU, Oyo, new Student Leaders are elected
in a bid to bring in fresh ideas in the running of the Government.
The methods of campaign, election and post-election have all remained the same since
inception since recently when some new changes were introduced. This methods are in every
right acceptable but fall short in this age of Information Technology, in that they are slow,
entertaining rigging to some degree and not so friendly to the environment.
Bearing in Mind just but the few reasons outlined above, the need for a more fast and robust
election voting system was idealized. Thus an Online Polling System
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6. PROBLEM STATEMENT
The current electoral process is being faced with the problem of been involved with a lot of
manual operations which are prone to errors and are definitely in no doubt not efficient, it
waste’s a lot of material resources such as paper that would be used for voting.
Time is also a resource that is being wasted
It gives room for fraud such as
rigging,
stealing of ballot boxes,
forgery of ballot paper.
Clearly, the efficiency of this methodology is not certain.
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7. AIMS & OBJECTIVES
To build an online polling system that would enable voters to cast their votes not more than
once for their chosen candidates
Creating a secure authentication facility to check & validate users logging into the voting
system.
Create a database to be used to stored votes, and user information on the system.
Enable the system to tally votes cast according to candidate voted for.
Display voting results in a graphical fashion for the administrator to analyze.
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8. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Online Polling System will require being very precise or cost cutting to provide an effective
election management number of Staff during the election.
Require less number of Staff
The system is a lot easier to independently moderate the elections and subsequently reinforce
its transparency and fairness.
Less Capital
Less effort
Less labour intensive, as the primary cost will focus primarily on creating, managing and
running a secure online polling system.
Increased number of voters as the individual will find it easier and more convenient to vote.
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9. LITERATURE REVIEW
Currently in Nigeria, elections are done in the traditional way whereby we make use of ballot
papers although there have been some electronic introductions such as the PVC (Permanent
Voters Card) and the PVC Card Reader & even with this the election process is still not efficient
enough due to the fact that most of the card readers failed in some parts of the country because
of power or network issues.
This clearly states that the current electoral methodology is not reliable enough and there is
indeed the need for a new approach.
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10. LITERATURE REVIEW
EVALUATION OF POLLING EQUIPMENTS
Paper-based voting:- The voter gets a blank ballot and use a pen or a marker to indicate he
want to vote for which candidate. Hand-counted ballots is a time and labor consuming process,
but it is easy to manufacture paper ballots and the ballots can be retained for verifying, this type
is still the most common way to vote.
Lever voting machine:- Lever machine is peculiar equipment, and each lever is assigned for a
corresponding candidate. The voter pulls the lever to poll for his favorite candidate. This kind of
voting machine can count up the ballots automatically. Because its interface is not user-friendly
enough, giving some training to voters is necessary.
Direct recording electronic voting machine:- This type, which is abbreviated to DRE, integrates
with keyboard, touchscreen, or buttons for the voter press to poll. Some of them lay in voting
records and counting the votes is very quickly. But the other DRE without keeping voting records
are doubted about its accuracy
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11. LITERATURE REVIEW *Continuation
Punch Card:- The voter uses metallic hole-punch to punch a hole on the blank ballot. It can
count votes automatically, but if the voter’s perforation is incomplete, the result is probably
determined wrongfully.
Optical voting machine:- After each voter fills a circle correspond to their favorite candidate on
the blank ballot, this machine selects the darkest mark on each ballot for the vote then computes
the total result. This kind of machine counts up ballots rapidly. However, if the voter fills over the
circle, it will lead to the error result of optical-scan.
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12. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This web based Online Polling System is designed as an online information System to offer users a
convenient access to voters register. Several tools used during Implementation include the
following:
The waterfall methodology was chosen as the most appropriate development method to use for
this particular project, this consists of several phases which are namely:
REQUIREMENT’S ANALYSIS
SYSTEM DESIGN
IMPLEMENTATION
TESTING
DEPLOYMENT
MAINTENANCE
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13. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
*Requirements
SOFTWARE
SQL DB
MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO
ASP.NET
C#
WEB BROWSERS
TESTING
REPORTING TOOL
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14. CHALLENGES
The challenges of this project depend on the scope of the project itself.
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15. REFERENCE
1. Electronic Voting System by Afolabi B. OluwaGbenga (2014) www.Slideshare.net
2. Secure Online Voting System by Michael Chinwuba (Oct 21, 2009) www.Scribd.net
3. Nigeria 2015: analysis of election issues and future prospects by Jon Lunn & Daniel Harari (19
January, 2015)
4. Challenges of ICT and Election Management in rural areas in Nigeria by ADELEKE, Israel
Adewale, (adeleke_israel@yahoo.com) 07062229188 Department of Computer Science,
Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo.
5. Project Report on Online Voting by Nandasaba Wilson (July 28, 2012) www.Slideshare.net
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16. CONCLUSION
This project offers the voters opportunity to cast easily through the internet, Vote counting is
also made easy since it is only a matter of querying the database. Developing a good method is
critical to the success of the system to prevent system failures and to gain wide acceptance as
the best method available.
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17. THANK YOU…..
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