COVID pandemic emphasized minimizing physical contact.
India is the largest democracy in the world. Presently, electronic voting machines have button interface that is physically touched by voters. In the pandemic era, these EVMs have a potential to spread COVID.
In contactless electronic voting machine (CEVM), I have replaced buttons with ultrasound sensors. Voters have to hover their palm over corresponding sensor to cast vote, making election a zero-contact process.
CEVM verifies identity of voter using RFID technology. Voter can cast vote only using RFID-enabled Voter ID. This makes elections secure and forge-proof.
Unlike EVM (controlled by electoral officer), CEVM is self-controlled. It cannot be manipulated externally, thus prevents tampering.
Votes are saved to SD card with encryption. Computer program consolidates result quickly.
LCD Screen displays details of vote, saving paper as opposed to VVPAT.
CEVM is simple to operate and makes election contactless, safe and secure.
- Circuit: Contains picture of circuit and BOM
- Code: For Arduino and the Tkinter GUI App
- Media: Proof of participation and proof of concept video
- Report: Posters and Summary of the project
For the Tkinter App, username is ElecOfficer and password is INSPIRE
For details visit webpage