A Framework for Pre and Post Vote Cast Audit to Enhanced Electronic Voting Systems’ Credibility (PsVCF)

Abstract

A citizen of any democratically practiced nation under the permitted age reserves the legitimate right to vote and be voted for. This right is so powerful which needs to be guided diligently. Because the functions of this right when carefully used can yield national developments and growths in all sense of live. In order to guide this right from all possible human interference and manipulations thus; the introduction of electronic voting machines (eVotingMachines). However, it is ascertain that this has not yet yield the expected results. Because Information Technology (IT) experts, particularly software designers and engineers are alleged to manipulate the system (program) to favor their prefer candidate(s). It is in the light of this that this paper proposes a pre and post vote cast audit framework for electronic voting machines such that every voter can audit the system before and after voting. This will ensure real free and fair vote cast, authentication of vote casted and true results of vote casted. Ultimately, reduces to zero any acts of suspicious and malpractices.