ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE USING ZIGBEE

Jagriti Kumari, Sabi Pal, Arthi R, Prawin Angel Michael

Abstract: The main objective of the paper is to design and develop an electronic voting machine using ZIGBEE communication system for sorting out the wired e-voting problems. In this paper, fingerprint technique is also used to design a secure e-voting system. The design is based on the (ATMEGA328p) microcontroller, RS232 cable which is used for interfacing between ZIGBEE and the microcontroller, Liquid Crystal Display (16X2) for displaying the instruction, fingerprint sensor for scanning voter’s fingerprint before voting, ZIGBEE transmitter, ZIGBEE receive, security alarm and visual basic for creating display page in computer. Simulation is done using Proteus software, coding and the .hex file is generated for microcontroller using Arduino software. Each voter can vote only once thus protecting the identity of the voter in making the process unbiased and fair. Database comprising details of all voters with their personal details and fingerprint are stored in microcontroller for comparing and verification during polling. This design of Electronic Voting Machine will save considerable amount of time and manpower. Thus, the proposed EVM system is more reliable and fast as compared to existing e-voting system. At the end of the polling, just by pressing a button the results can be obtained. This paper gives the complete design details of the building blocks of the entire system.

Keywords: Fingerprint; security; microcontroller; vote; ZIGBEE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0319003