Department
Computer Science
Major
Computer Science
Research Advisor
Sager, Tom
Al-Assadi, Waleed
Buechler, Matt
Advisor's Department
Computer Science
Second Advisor's Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Funding Source
Computer Science Department
Abstract
Recent elections have highlighted the need for a more robust and error proof method of counting votes. An increasing number of studies find that the currently available commercial electronic voting machines have multiple security flaws. The lax security and lack of redundancy can, and possibly has, illegally disenfranchised voters by the dropping or mis-recording of votes. This project attempts to build an electronic balloting system that corrects the shortcomings of competing systems. An open and redundant project would solve many of the problems. The eVoting project is based on a client-server network architecture comprised of multiple ballot machines networked to a server machine. System authentication security prevents the unauthorized addition of rogue systems into the network before or during the vote. Vote data are encrypted during transmission from machines to prevent network sniffing. Many current systems have no paper trail; the proposed system features physical vote printouts as a backup in addition to the separate encrypted databases. The proposed system is currently being constructed with the intent of deployment into an actual voting environment.
Biography
Duane Alexander is a senior undergraduate at the University of Missouri-Rolla majoring in Computer Science.
Ryan Andrews is a senior undergraduate at the University of Missouri-Rolla majoring in Computer Science and Economics.
Mitchell Diebold is a senior undergraduate at the University of Missouri-Rolla majoring in Computer Science and Computer Engineering.
Ariel Hernandez is a senior undergraduate at the University of Missouri-Rolla majoring in Computer Science.
Research Category
Management and Information Systems
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Location
Havener Center, Carver-Turner Room
Presentation Date
11 April 2007, 9:00 am - 11:45 am
Innovative Secure eVoting System
Havener Center, Carver-Turner Room
Recent elections have highlighted the need for a more robust and error proof method of counting votes. An increasing number of studies find that the currently available commercial electronic voting machines have multiple security flaws. The lax security and lack of redundancy can, and possibly has, illegally disenfranchised voters by the dropping or mis-recording of votes. This project attempts to build an electronic balloting system that corrects the shortcomings of competing systems. An open and redundant project would solve many of the problems. The eVoting project is based on a client-server network architecture comprised of multiple ballot machines networked to a server machine. System authentication security prevents the unauthorized addition of rogue systems into the network before or during the vote. Vote data are encrypted during transmission from machines to prevent network sniffing. Many current systems have no paper trail; the proposed system features physical vote printouts as a backup in addition to the separate encrypted databases. The proposed system is currently being constructed with the intent of deployment into an actual voting environment.
