Voter Identification and Detection System using RFID and GSM to stop rigging in the elections

Abstract: The aim of the paper is to design and implement a secured voting system which utilizes the RFID and GSM technologies along with the Electronic Voting Machine to further improve the election process and to avoid rigging. We have developed a system which gives access to the EVM through passive RFID and GSM module. The system we have developed uses a microcontroller, a RFID reader and a GSM module. Here the voter needs to have a voter identity card with passive RFID tag printed on it. When the voter comes to the polling booth to exercise his franchise, he is directed to swipe his voter identity card on a RFID reader. The RFID reader senses the voter ID and sends this information to the microcontroller. After receiving the voter ID the microcontroller, checks weather the received voter ID belongs to the particular polling booth or not. If the voter ID belongs to the particular booth, the microcontroller generates an OTP (one time password) and sends it to the registered mobile of the corresponding voter through the GSM module. The voter has to enter this OTP using the keyboard connected to the microcontroller. If this OTP matches, the microcontroller sends an enabling control signal to the EVM to make it ready for voting. This process continues for each voter.

Keywords: EVM, RFID, GSM, OTP, Voting