BIOMETRIC

VOTING
SYSTEM

Presented By
Aniruddha Banerjee
Debanjan Chatterjee
 Contents at A Glance
 Pitfalls of Current Voting System
 Proposed Solution
 Different Biological Traits
 Block Diagram for Whole Voting Process in Brief
 Scanning & Processing (Fingerprint, Iris & Voice)
 Transfer of Processed Data to Hard Disk
 Process Verification of Voters
 Processing & Counting
 Rejection of Voter Repetition
 Formation of The Network
 Formation of The Network in a Town
 Advantage
 Disadvantage
 Conclusion
 References
 Pitfalls of Current Voting System

 Governed by Corruption, Injustice & Lack of Fairplay

 Democratic Principles becoming unprotected

 Election Integrity can’t be established

 Demoting faith from Citizens

 All these problems have raised the demand for a new

accurate, secured & reliable form of Voting System
 Proposed Solution
 Biometric Voting System is a very secured & reliable form of
voting System.

 It uses Biometrics for Voter Registration & Authentication.

 Biometric is the term given to the use of biological traits or

behavioural characteristics to identify an individual.

 If this system is employed, the election would be fair and

free from rigging.

 It will reduce mistrust and irregularities.

 Different Biological Traits
Different Biological Traits may be :

 Fingerprints

 Hand Geometry

 Facial Geometry

 Iris & Retina Patterns

 Voice Recognition

 Handwriting Recognition
 Block Diagram for Whole
Voting Process in Brief
ACCEPTING IMAGE ACCEPTING OPTION

SCANNING AND PROCESSING OF IMAGE & OPTION

COMPARISON OF IMAGE WITH DATABASE

IF IMAGE DOESN’T MATCH IF IMAGE MATCHES

OPTION IS REJECTED OPTION IS TRANSFERRED AS COUNT

AFTER TOTAL COUNT

SUMS UP COUNT OF SIMILAR PARTIES COUNT OF EACH PARTY IS

AND DATA IS ARRANGED IN AN TRANSFERRED TO HOST THROUGH
ORDER TELEPHONE LINE
 Scanning & Processing: Fingerprint

 Fingerprint Scanner scans the

Thumb Impression

 It captures a digital image or Live

Scan

 The Live Scan is digitally processed

to create a biometric template

 The Template contains a collection

of extracted features (Ex: Minutiae)
 Scanning & Processing:
Iris

 A camera scans the person's eye

and produces a digital image
 Software then isolates the iris by
drawing two circles, one at inner
boundary & the other at outer
boundary
 Polar Coordinates are then added
to the image to define separate
zones of analysis
 Pattern of light & dark areas in the
iris is converted to template using
bandpass filters
 Scanning & Processing:
Voice

 System requires user to speak

exact words or phrases
 Vocal tract shape, pitch, accent,
quickness, pronunciation etc.
influences in uniqueness of voice
 Voice Signal is then digitised into
Spectrogram
 This Spectrogram serves as
Voiceprint that is unique for every
person
 Transfer of Processed Data to Hard
Disk

 The data which is processed (Template / Voiceprint) is

transferred to Hard Disk for searching process

 The Template / Voiceprint transferred to Hard Disk is

compared with that of database

 Within the database, template / voiceprint is usually

matched to a reference number, or PIN number which is
then matched to a person's name or account.
 Process Verification of Voters

VERIFICATION OF VOTERS

DATABASE SERACH FOR THE FEATURES

STORED ON THE VOTER

BELONG TO SAME DO NOT BELONG TO SAME

CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUENCY

PROCEED REJECT
 Processing & Counting

SYMBOLS OF PARTIES SELECT AN

PROCEED
DISPLAYED OPTION

NO
IS THE VALID
RESTART
OPTION

YES

INCREMENT VOTE COUNT OF

THE PARTICULAR PARTY
SELECTED
 Rejection of Voter Repetition
CHECKING FOR MULTIPLE VOTES OR
ACCESSING THE GIVEN VOTE

LIVE SCAN OF BIOLOGICAL TRAIT

VERIFICATION OF ACCEPTIBILITY

CHECK IF THE VOTE IS REPEATED

NO YES

REJECT AND STORE IDENTITY OF THE

ACCEPT THE VOTE
VOTER

NOTIFICATION OF VOTER’S NAME TO

POLICE STATION
 Formation of The Network

 The voting machines present in a town are interlinked in the

form of a highly secure LAN

 This network is formed with the help of the Telephone lines

 All the data collected in the voting system is first stored in

the voting machine itself

 Then it is sent to the HOST which will be located at the

Headquarters of the town

 All the data is collected there and it is transferred to the

main HOST
Formation of The Network
in a Town
 Advantage
 Increased Security – Provide a convenient and low-cost
additional tier of security

 Reduce fraud by employing hard-to-forge technologies and

materials

 Eliminate problems caused by lost IDs or forgotten

passwords by using physiological attributes

 Prevent unauthorised use of lost, stolen or "borrowed" ID

cards

 Offer significant cost savings in long run

 Greater Accuracy, Faster Tabulation of Result

 Make it possible, automatically, to know WHO did WHAT,

WHERE and WHEN!
 Disadvantage
 Expensive security solution

 Suffers from False Reject & False Accept Anomaly

 Suffers from Spoofing, specially relevant for behavioural

properties

 Fail Safety of Biometric Infrastructure

 Must be able to accommodate changes to the biometric

over time

 Effectiveness of sample collection process influenced by

environmental conditions, user training & usability

 Harder to deploy in rural areas

 Has the potential to create socio-economic divides

 Conclusion

 Advent of this system would enable hosting of fair

elections in India.

 Will preclude illegal practices like rigging

 The citizens can be sure that they alone can choose their
leaders, thus exercising their right in the democracy

 Biometric approaches should be extremely carefully

deployed
 References

 www.explainthatstuff.com/fingerprintscanners.html

 www.explainthatstuff.com/how-iris-scans-work.html

 science.howstuffworks.com/biometrics4.htm

 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_recognition.html

 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/facial_recognition_system.html
Thank You