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Stephen Gbenga Fashoto1, Michael Adeyeye2, Faith-Michael Emeka Uzoka3 and Fatima Hamza Usthman4
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7332/2016.01.002
1. Department of Computer Science, Kampala International University, Kasanga, Kampala, Uganda 2. Faculty of Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Life Sciences, Sheridan College, Perth, Australia 3. Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada 4. Department of Computer Science, Alhikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
E-voting (electronic voting) is a significant part of an E-election (electronic election), which refers to the use of computers or computerized voting equipment to cast ballots in an election. Due to the rapid growth of computer technologies and advances in cryptographic techniques, E-voting is now an applicable alternative for many non-governmental elections. However, security demands are paramount to electoral process in political arena. It was revealed that researchers show little interest in robustness of E-voting system compared to other E-voting requirements [1]. This paper shows that RSA (Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman) cryptography algorithm can be incorporated into E-voting process as a whole. The RSA cryptography algorithm ensures that votes casted are secured, thus maintaining the privacy of votes. The performance of the cryptography algorithm is tested on a university E-voting system over a public network. The E-voting process is initiated by a server system that other computer nodes are connected to. The system is such that when the votes are cast on the nodes, the RSA technique encrypts the vote that is sent to the server system using both node and vote identity number. The system performs consistently and reliably which in return gives good level of confidence of votes count.
Cryptography, RSA algorithm, E-voting, paper ballot
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