Electronic vote casting and counting system/ Byamukama Oscar

CHAPTER ONE...........................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................1
1.0 Introduction....................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Background...................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Problem statement.........................................................................................................................2
1.3 Objectives .....................................................................................................................................2
1.3.1 Main objective.......................................................................................................................2
1.3.2 Specific objective ..................................................................................................................2
1.4 Justification...................................................................................................................................3
1.5 Scope.............................................................................................................................................3
1.5.1 Content scope........................................................................................................................3
1.5.2 Geographical scope ...............................................................................................................3
CHAPTER TWO ..........................................................................................................................................5
LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................................................................................................5
2.0 Introduction...................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Voting ...........................................................................................................................................5
2.2 Common Terminologies ...............................................................................................................6
2.2.1 Vote.......................................................................................................................................6
2.2.2 Ballot.....................................................................................................................................6
2.2.3 Polling place..........................................................................................................................6
2.2.4 Electoral register...................................................................................................................6
2.3 Fingerprint.....................................................................................................................................7
2.4.1 Features of fingerprint...........................................................................................................7
2.4 Review of the Existing Voting Frameworks...................................................................................8
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2.4.1 Online Voting System...........................................................................................................8
2.4.2 Secrete Paper Ballot Voting System .....................................................................................9
2.4.3 Punch Card Voting System.................................................................................................10
2.5 Weakness of the Existing Systems..............................................................................................10
2.5.1 Online Voting System..........................................................................................................10
2.5.2 Secrete Paper Ballot Voting System ...................................................................................11
2.5.3 Punch Card Voting System.................................................................................................11
2.6 The Electronic Vote Casting and Counting System.....................................................................11
2.6.1 Technologies Used in the Electronic Vote Casting and Counting System .........................11
CHAPTER THREE ....................................................................................................................................15
METHODOLOGY .....................................................................................................................................15
3.0 Introduction.................................................................................................................................15
3.1 Requirement Elicitation ..............................................................................................................15
3.1.1 Literature review.................................................................................................................15
3.1.2 Interview .............................................................................................................................15
3.1.3 Observation .........................................................................................................................15
3.2 Requirement analysis..................................................................................................................15
3.2.1 Functional requirement .......................................................................................................16
3.2.2 Nonfunctional requirements................................................................................................16
3.3 System design .............................................................................................................................16
3.3.1 Hardware/circuit design ......................................................................................................16
3.3.2 Software Design..................................................................................................................16
3.4 System Implementation...........................................................................................................17
CHAPTER FOUR.......................................................................................................................................18
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN.......................................................................................................18
4.0 Introduction.................................................................................................................................18
4.1 Requirement Analysis.................................................................................................................18
4.1.1 Functional Requirements ....................................................................................................19
4.1.2 Non Functional Requirements ............................................................................................19
4.2 System design .............................................................................................................................20
4.2.1 Entity Relation Diagram (ER - Diagram) ...........................................................................20
4.2.2 Flowchart ............................................................................................................................21
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4.2.3 Conceptual design...............................................................................................................24
CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................................................25
IMPLEMENTATION AND TESTING......................................................................................................25
5.0 Introduction.................................................................................................................................25
5.1 Development Platform................................................................................................................25
5.2 System Operation........................................................................................................................26
5.3 System Testing............................................................................................................................28
5.4 System validation........................................................................................................................28
5.5 System Evaluation (compare with other systems, performance)................................................29
CHAPTER SIX...........................................................................................................................................30
DISCUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS........................................................................................30
6.0 Introduction.................................................................................................................................30
6.1 Discussions of the achievements of the System..........................................................................30
6.2 Recommendations.......................................................................................................................30
6.3 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................31
References...................................................................................................................................................32
APPENDICE...............................................................................................................................................34
A.1 Code Design................................................................................................................................34
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