Visible to the public Increasing Participation and Security in Student Elections through Online Voting: The Case of Kabarak University

TitleIncreasing Participation and Security in Student Elections through Online Voting: The Case of Kabarak University
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsTHIGA, M. M.
Conference Name2020 IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa)
Date PublishedMay 2020
PublisherIEEE
ISBN Number978-1-905824-65-6
Keywordsauthentication, BIOS, campus hall voting, Dynamic Systems Development Methodology (DSDM), e-voting systems, Educational institutions, Electronic mail, Electronic voting, Electronic voting systems, further education, Human Behavior, Internet, Kabarak University, Metrics, Mobile handsets, offline electronic voting system, online access, online voting, Participation, password, politics, pubcrawl, resilience, Resiliency, resultant system, Scalability, secure online voting system, security, student elections management, Testing, three factor authentication, voting processes
Abstract

Electronic voting systems have enhanced efficiency in student elections management in universities, supporting such elections to become less expensive, logistically simple, with higher accuracy levels as compared to manually conducted elections. However, e-voting systems that are confined to campus hall voting inhibits access to eligible voters who are away from campus. This study examined the challenges of lack of wide access and impersonation of voter in the student elections of 2018 in Kabarak University. The main objective of this study was therefore to upgrade the offline electronic voting system through developing a secure online voting system and deploying the system for use in the 2019 student elections at Kabarak University. The resultant system and development process employed demonstrate the applicability of a secure online voting not only in the higher education context, but also in other democracies where infusion of online access and authentication in the voting processes is a requisite.

URLhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9144008
Citation Keythiga_increasing_2020