e-voting kiosk: A Network Architecture School-based Registration and Voting System

The e-voting kiosk: A Network Architecture School-Based Registration and Voting System features an election management system that provides a secure, clean, and honest Supreme Student Government election for Eastern Visayas State University-Main Campus. The study is driven to design and develop a voting system that is equipped with a network-based software architecture that provides computing resources to multiple voting kiosks where voters can register and cast their votes securely. The study employs a quantitative descriptive research design to present the respondents' perception of the current manual election system compared to the e-voting system. A waterfall model was employed in the sequential process of developing the e-voting system. Researchers utilized specialized software applications such as C# and MySQL in creating a secured database for the robust development of the system. The findings of the study present a unique e-voting system powered by an election management system that features an intelligent system algorithm. The e-voting kiosk features interactive ballots that allow voters to easily cast their votes securely. The system provides secured access to voters' identity and process real-time generation of election results. The observed system performance resulted to a significant rating of 4.04 interpreted as “Very Efficient” and its software characteristics was rated 95% for its contribution in the election proceedings. Finally, the electoral board unanimously approved the implementation and use of e-voting system which provides fast, effective, efficient, and reliable election management system.