E-Voting System in a Higher Education Institution

This paper presents the main points and stages in the design and development of an electronic voting system and processing of its results in a higher education institution are presented. The main tasks and requirements of the designed system are described. The base model, information flows, relational scheme of the database, and the block diagram of the functional modules of the system are presented. The system automates the creation and processing of ballots in different variants, considering the specifics of elections in a higher education institution: election of governing bodies, election of student representatives, decision-making on the educational process, and management of the institution. The key functionalities of the system solve some problems encountered in existing e-voting systems. It provides accountability in voting and ensures anonymity in the voting process, protection from hacker attacks, reliability, and uptime in operation. It allows voter identity verification and voting by authorized persons. Includes simplified voting procedure and result processing. The processing of results is transparent and fair. It has an intuitive and easy-to-use program interface.