README
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Online Voting system
this system works as a full functional voting system from start to the end of the vote.
The website will have three kind of users:
- Administrators,
- Competing parties and
- voters or end users.
Roles of users
- Administrators:
- create vote events
- Register parties and voters
- Schedule and create online debating sessions for parties.
- Parties:
- fill a registration form and bring upload their legal documents
- Present their ideas
- Debate online with other parties
- Voters:
- asking for voting registration
- register to specific vote and take the card(online card)
- Listen for Debates and Ask questions
- vote on voting session
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What it addresses:
In general online voting system can help voters & competitors in the following manner:.
- Flexible voting time for electors.
- Flagging of ballot errors.
- Replication of ballot images without voter information for counting or audit purposes.
- Lower cost than traditional methods-Potential to increase voter turnout & enhance electoral efficiency.
- Faster and more accurate election results.
- Elimination of long line-ups.
- Instant absentee ballot.
- Flexible voting time for electors.
- Assistive devices to improve accessibility for electors with disabilities.
- because it saves time and paper, and avoid chances of electoral malpractices.
- Removal of authentication questions so voter identification is most similar to the traditional process.
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Previous work and their problems
There are about three types of voting systems: paper-based, direct-recording electronic(DRE) and online The problems with the paper-based was that there was wastage of paper and material and the labor work. The problem with the online voting system is mainly security; security of the system, the users and the votes. In order to solve these, we need to have user authentiaction and make sure a user can only vote once and build a more secure voting system.
The legal system in Ethiopia
Ethiopia follows a parliamentary system. It conducts a general election every five years of which diffrent political parties compete for majority votes.
The ruling party will consequently recive majority seats in HPR and is responsible in designating the prime minister from their party.
The prime minister should be 21 and above to be eligible. And must be an Ethiopian citizen residing there.
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