Enhancing E-Voting Systems By Leveraging Biometric Key Generation (Bkg)

摘要

The adoption of e-voting methods in electioneering processes will effectively reduce cost as well as enhance election activities. What makes an e-voting model reliable and acceptable is its ability to properly authenticate voters and provide a secure means through which a voter can express his/her franchise. This paper therefore proposes a design of an e-voting system that leverages a Biometric Encryption scheme known as Biometric key Generation (BKG) which is a secured strategy that entails using of biometrics to generate secure cryptographic keys. The main objective of this research is to improve on the already existing E-voting systems adopting a secured bio-cryptographic technique vis Biometric key Generation (BKG) as well as using a secure transmission channel for confidential datasets of a voting process. This work develops a simulation model of an E-voting system which adopts relevant algorithms with emphasis on biometric key generation schemes. The simulation of a prototype model of the electronic voting system is developed using Proteus 7.6 application software. The prototype model would consist of electronic kiosk polling booths that are all networked to the state electoral collection center and collection centers that are networked to the national electoral collection center via a VPN backbone. The proposed e-voting system uses a Virtual Private Network (VPN) as the means of communication between the various polling booths and collection points. The results of validation show that the proposed model facilitates the adoption of E-governance in the developing countries.