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Voting is considered to be a hard-earned, cherished and one of the most rewarding rights to a modern democratic republic. Whether that be towards prolific leaders and or election manipulators. Modern democracies face multiple challenges that cause hindrance to the transparency of the voting process. These include voter geographical identification and verification. The involvement of latest measures and technology can reduce many such issues.
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Even though traditional voting is common to many countries. Dated electoral processes account for: ● ● ● Lack of Real-time Voter Identification. Data Redundancy and Chances of Data Inaccuracy. Long Voter Verification Times and Assignment of Constituencies (Overlapping Chances due to Incorrect Addresses in Records). Long Voting Ques(Leading to People Not able to Vote [ Reduced Voter Turnover]) Involvement of Nationwide Human Resources(Staff) to oversee and security coverage[Increasing Cost]. ● ●
E-voting Benefits Over Traditional
● ● ● ● Real-time Voter Identification through Facial Verification. Document Verification thus eliminating Data Redundancy. Fast Voter Registration and Assignment of Constituencies No long queues, paper ballots and stationary and hardware-based voting machines. Transparent Processing, leading to Customer Trust in the electoral Process E-voting allows new Metrics establishment for prediction modeling and data analytics. Increased voting convenience for senior citizens, rural and overseas communities. Reduced travel times and Common man voting empowerment. Lowering election costs and smoothing the balloting and tabulation process. ● ● ● ● ●
● The Baltic Republic of Estonia Implemented E-voting in 2005 [Local Level] By 2007 E-voting saw Expansion to National Level Estonia established a smart e-governance mindset by introducing smart-technologies like remote-authentication and digital signatures. The Estonian Model set an example that successful e-voting is possible for successful democratic transitioning. ● ● ●
Technologies That Enable Successful E-Voting
● Voting through dedicated and secured URLs[Encrypted] for Customer Authentication. Enable accuracy and metric analysis, through Machine Learning based Solutions. Reliable operators for Identity Verification with dedicated Facial-Recognition biometrics to be utilised for voter registration and authentication. An integrated platform that combines data-sets from multiple departments of the nation. ● ● ●
● Takes the burden off the country establishing e-voting for voter identification and authentication. Scalable and work according to the requirement of host country’s electoral body. Specialised to carry out checks for optimal performance in the least possible time. Facial Verification Allows for greater inclusion rates and reduce dropout rates and increase voter TURN OVER. ● ● ●
Conclusion E-voting is a gradual change that most countries are either under considering or evaluating solutions. In order to utilise the technologies of the present era, implementing E-voting reinstates the purpose. Ensuring government operations are secure transparents and reflect a forward looking democratic economy that takes into account it’s people.