1.2.

3 Scope of study
The proposed system is focused on the studying the existing system of voting
in Multimedia Universityand to make sure that the peoples vote is counts, for
fairness in elective positions. This will also produce:Less effort and less labor
intensive, as the primary cost and focus primary on creating, managing,and
running a secure web voting portal.Increasing number of votes as individuals
will find it easier and more convenient to vote,especially those abroad.Some
features of the system will be:The voters details- the
voters
details such as voters name, ID number, voter security password,voters
faculty and year of study.The
candidates
details- the necessary information about the candidate such as name, ID
number, post vying, faculty and year of study.
1.2.5 Research Questions
a)

How does paper work reliance affect elections in Multimedia University? b)

What are the ways to help improve elections?c)

What are the challenges associated with manual paper work during elections?
1.2.6 Basic Assumptions of study/project
The students are computer literate meaning they will be able to use the system
withoutextensive training.The computers and necessary requirements required
to deploy the system are already availablewith the students.
1.2.7 Basic Limitations of study/project

Time constraints-The project is supposed to be complete in few months. This

can be handled by having a project management schedule.

Data collection-Collecting data from the stakeholders of the system and

involved personnel can be a challenge if required authorization is not
provided.
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW2.1 Introduction
I intend to review the current situation in the campus which will assist changing
the voting system to a better one. Here will look at the current
methods and technologies used during voting as well as
the processes involved.

2.2
Review of Relevant Literature and Opinion
Currently in Multimedia University elections are done using the old age manual
ballot system. A list ofthe students vying for the Students Council has their
names outlined so that the school can get to knowthem. After a week of
campaigns the elections are done.List of all the students in MMU is availed to
their respective departments. The different departments setup polling stations
in different parts of the school to facilitate the elections process.On the polling
day, students queue for a chance to vote a list of leaders in the different
positions. At thevoting room, a student is verified using their Student ID
to ascertain that they are genuine students of thecampus. Their names
are
crossed off and each is given ballot papers where they check their
candidates.Afterwards the votes are cast and the student leaves the room.
After the day is over, the tallying is done and depending on when its done, the
results are announced th
atday late in the night.Elections allow the students to choose their
representatives and express their preferences for how theywill be governed.
Naturally, the integrity of the election process is fundamental.The design of a
good voting system, whether electronic or using traditional paper ballots or
mechanical
devices must satisfy a number of sometimes competing criteria. The anonymity
of a voters ballot must be preserved, both to guarantee the voters safety
when voting against a malevolent candidate, and to
guarantee that voters have no evidence that proves which candidates received
their votes. The existence ofsuch evidence would allow votes to be purchased
by a candidate. The voting system must also be tamper-resistant to prevent a
wide range of attacks, including ballot stuffing by voters and incorrect tallying
byinsiders.
2.3 Re-Definition of Problem
A voting system must be comprehensible to and usable by the entire voting
population, regardless of age,infirmity, or disability. Providing accessibility to
such a diverse population is an important engineering problem and one
where, if other security is done well, electronic voting could be a
great improvementover current paper systems. Flaws in any of these
aspects of a voting system, however, can lead toindecisive or incorrect election
results. Hence thus the need of Multimedia University online voting
system developed in PHP. It is done for the University voting purpose. All the
candidates names of the
different section will be displayed in the screen according to their post. Student
has to just go and clickthe button to vote. Calculation of the vote is done
automatically which can be viewed only to the Admin.The winners name will be
shown in the screen and even the votes they have gained. So this system can
beused for the college voting sake, where there will be complete security, and
the time to count the voteswill be saved, because of the automatic calculation
.CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY3.1 Participants3.1.1
Voters
These are the students who will be using the system to register as voters and
finally vote on the ElectionDay.
3.1.2. Candidates
The candidates will use the system as a platform to provide their details and
the post they are vying for.

3.1.3 The Multimedia University Election Commission (MMUEC)

The system will help the MMUEC to conduct its mandate of election.
3.2
Research Design
In the research analysis of the online voting system, the initial act is to find out
how the current systemswork. This helps in getting better understanding of the
problem that are existent and whether they can befixed with the proposed
systems or whether the system can be upgraded and modified.
3.2.1 Descriptive Design
Descriptive research designs help provide answers to the questions of
who, what, when, where,and how associated with a particular
research problem; a descriptive study cannot conclusivelyascertain
answers to why.
3.3 DATA COLLECTION
The following are the methods of data collection that were used to collect
information in the course of the project
3.3.1 Questionnaires
This is the method to collect data from target users in a specific knowledge
domain. In this case, the targetusers of the system are the students i.e. voters,
the candidates and the Multimedia Election Commission body.
Some of the major questions that will be contained in the
questionnaires are problems associatedwith the current voting system,
views on the online voting system and the best features of the
proposedsystem.
3.3.2 Interviews
The interviews will involve having face to face conversation with the target
users. This will be used to getmore detailed user requirements.

3.3.3Literature Review
Literature review will be used to assess the previous works and see how to
improve the new system.Previous studies done on online voting, problems
faced during elections.
3.4 DATA ANALYSIS
The results from the data collection phase will be analyzed statistically and
necessary representation used.Statistical software will be used to analyze
relationships between variables. Graphs and charts will bedrawn where
necessary.
3.5 RESOURCES AND TOOLS REQUIRED