Concept Note for EVM
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Designing and Implementation of Electronic Voting Machine for Ethiopia By Arun Radhakrishnan and Melaku Matewos Executive summary Voting is the most vital process of democratic country like Ethiopia, through which people can determine their decision. In all elections which have been conducted earlier in Ethiopia, a voter cast’s his/her vote to a candidate by putting a mark in the ballot paper against the name of the candidate, then folds the ballot paper, puts it in the ballot box and finally counting the polled votes. This process consumes long time, consumes more resources, very much prone to errors and can be concluded that this method is not fast and accurate. To avoid the above drawback of voting process in Ethiopia, a new method is proposed using electronic means i.e Electronic Voting machine (EVM). EVM is an electronic device used to record votes automatically without the need of manual operation to avoid ballot paper, ballot box, stamps and people to process the voting. The EVM consists of two units namely control unit and ballot unit and both are wired. Ballot unit is used to cast the votes by the voter and control unit is used to control the voting mechanism by the polling officer. The main advantages of this new system are easy to carry and maintain. The new system consumes very less time for the voters to poll their votes, it does not use large amount of resources such as papers and the counting system is more accurate when compared to the old system. In this new system the results can be identified within one day itself. GENERAL OBJECTIVE The main objective of this research is to Design and Implement Electronic Voting Machine for Ethiopia. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES To design a device which helps to conduct a transparent and efficient election. To reduce the amount of resources consumed to conduct elections. To introduce modern and faster election process in Ethiopia.
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Designing and Implementation of Electronic Voting Machine for Ethiopia ByArun Radhakrishnan and Melaku Matewos Executive summary VotingisthemostvitalprocessofdemocraticcountrylikeEthiopia,throughwhich peoplecandeterminetheirdecision.Inallelectionswhichhavebeenconductedearlierin Ethiopia, a voter casts his/her voteto a candidate by putting a mark in the ballot paper against thenameofthecandidate,thenfoldstheballotpaper,putsitintheballotboxandfinally countingthepolledvotes.Thisprocessconsumeslongtime,consumesmoreresources,very much prone to errors and can be concluded that this method is not fast and accurate. To avoid the above drawback of voting process in Ethiopia, a new method is proposed using electronic means i.eElectronicVotingmachine(EVM).EVMisanelectronicdeviceusedtorecordvotes automatically without the need of manual operation to avoid ballot paper, ballot box, stamps and people to process the voting.TheEVMconsistsoftwounitsnamelycontrolunitandballotunitandbotharewired.Ballotunitisusedtocastthevotesbythevoterandcontrolunitisusedtocontrolthevoting mechanism by the polling officer. The main advantages of this new system are easy to carry and maintain. The new system consumes very less time for the voters to poll their votes, it does not uselargeamountofresourcessuchaspapersandthecountingsystemismoreaccuratewhen compared to the old system. In this new system the results can be identified within one day itself. GENERAL OBJECTIVE ThemainobjectiveofthisresearchistoDesignandImplementElectronicVotingMachinefor Ethiopia. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES To design a device which helps to conduct a transparent and efficient election. To reduce the amount of resources consumed to conduct elections. To introduce modern and faster election process in Ethiopia.
