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Democracy is the system which enables the people to indulge and participate in decision making processes. The decisions are always taken by people’s elected representatives and the tenure of their exercise is limited. A systematic election procedure is present which in-turn people can choose whom to represent for them. Nowadays, It is of high risk to conduct elections, where voters have to wait in long queues to cast their right. Moreover, the procedures are complicated and time-consuming. Here, we are attempting to automate the procedures in election by presenting our prototype. We have created this prototype based on different factors we have considered.

Our prototype is really useful to ensure social distancing such that election procedures can be conducted virtually, making it the suitable one. This machine can even replace the ongoing postal ballot system mechanism. Here, a person can cast his/her votes at their own comfort. Moreover , this software prototype attempts to simplify the voting procedures as well as reduce the time taken for result generation. It is an interactive platform covering all phases of general purpose elections such that even non-computer literates can use this really simple. Additionally, we have also incorporated cryptographic utilities to ensure the security of the data and maintain privacy in polling data, which is the pivotal part in this prototype. Scalability is another advantage that we can offer in this model, it can be used for local body elections and even up to general purpose elections (with proper database support). Additionally, as our next step, we are aiming to expand this technology by incorporating cloud databases or DBaaS into the project to ensure scalability. Moreover, by enhancing the machine's features through more advanced cryptographic techniques, it can be employed for larger scale elections such as elections conducted by The Election Commissioner of India.

As we can see, the machine is composed of different phases - Constituency, party registration as initial part , then Voter, Candidate registration correspondingly. Polling is the next operational phase where people cast their polls and finally the system concludes with result generation with the help of Pie Chart models.