Android mobile based voting machine Ghatol Prajakta S. E&TC Department, GSMCOE, Balewadi, Pune, Maharashtra, India Online published on 29 November, 2014. Abstract India is largest democracy in the world. Every citizen above 18 years has right to vote. Earlier in India, the voting process was mostly manual and paper based. In election a voter used ballot paper to cast his vote. This process is time consuming and very much prone to security, error and fraud. To overcome some of these issues, now a day paper based voting system was changed to electronic voting machine which is more secured. But still voters have to take tremendous effort to cast their ballots. We all know that the power of today's information and communication technologies. The advancement in wireless and web technologies given rise to the new applications in e-Government services such as online tax filing, license renewal, and benefits claims. Mobile technology has attained heights and the market trend is that every citizens of India will possess a handset by the year 2020 at cheaper rates of service. When such a PDA is available why not mobile using it for a time saving, cost effective, secured method of voting? So considering these areas, this paper presents mobile voting system with biometrics authentication. The proposed work uses android mobile OS to develop an application and fingerprint supported biometric control information to make voting process more secure. Using android smart mobile device makes the system even more robust. Top Keywords Electronic Voting, Mobile Voting, SSL, Android, Open Source OS, Fingerprinting Technology. Top |