A Project Report On

BIOMETRIC ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE BASED ON UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER USING MATLAB
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engg. from Punjab Technical University, JALANDHAR

Submitted by: PREETI BUDHIRAJA( 81201108079) POOJA VERMA( 81201108074) Singh SIDDHARTH SHARMA( 81201108112)

Guided by: Prof. Suman Prof.Gurnam

Department of Electronics & Communication Engg. SRI SUKHMANI INSTITUTE ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY DERA BASSI,140057

December 2011 DECLARATION Electronics & Communication Engg. Department

I hereby declare that the project entitled BIOMETRIC ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE BASED ON UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER USING MATLAB submitted for the B.Tech Degree in ECE Department is my original work and the project has not formed the basis for the award of any degree, associateship, fellowship or any other similar titles.

Signature of the Student: Preeti Budhiraja(81201108079) Pooja Verma(81201108074) Siddharth Sharma(81201108112)

Place: Date:

CERTIFICATE Electronics & Communication Engg. Department

This is to certify that the project entitled Biometric Electronic Voting Machine Based On Unique Identification Number Using Matlab is the bonafide work carried out by Preeti Budhiraja , Pooja Verma, Siddharth Sharma students of B.Tech, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, during the year 2011, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Electronics & Communication Engineering and that the project has not been formed the basis for the award previously of any degree, diploma, associate ship, fellowship or any other similar title.

Signature of the Student: Preeti Budhiraja(81201108079) Pooja Verma(81201108074) Siddharth Sharma(81201108112)

Guided by: Prof. Suman Prof. Gurnaam Singh

Prof. Pradeep Sharma Signature of the H.O.D. Date: Place:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to place on record my deep sense of gratitude to Prof. Suman, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SSIET, Dera Bassi, India for his generous guidance, help and useful suggestions. I express my sincere gratitude to Prof.Gurnaam Singh, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SSIET, Dera Bassi, India, for his stimulating guidance, continuous encouragement and supervision throughout the course of present work. I am extremely thankful to Prof. Pradeep Sharma HOD (ECE), SSIET, Dera Bassi, for providing me infrastructural facilities to work in, without which this work would not have been possible.

PREETI BUDHIRAJA POOJA VERMA SIDDHARTH SHARMA

ABSTRACT
Identification of individuals is a very basic societal requirement. Electronic verification of a persons identity is of great importance as more interactions take place electronically. Biometric fingerprint identification is a technique used to change the physical attribute of a person ie; his finger print into electronic processes. Until recently electronic verification was based on something the person had in their possession like a password. But the problem is that these forms arent very secure because passwords can be forgotten or taken away. In biometric finger print identification a scanner is used to get the image of the finger. When a user places his or her finger on the terminals of scanner the image is electronically read, analysed and compared with a previously recorded image of the same finger, which has been stored in finger scan data base. Finger print is a proven technology capable of high levels of accuracy. The main purpose of this project is to present a new voting system employing biometrics in order to avoid rigging and to enhance the accuracy and speed of the process. The system uses thumb impression for voter identification as we know that the thumb impression of every human being has a unique pattern. Thus it would have an edge over the present day voting systems.

CHAPTER NO. 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW

Positive identification of individuals is a very basic societal requirement. Reliable user authentication is becoming an increasingly important task in the web enabled world. The consequences of an insecure authentication system in a corporate or enterprise environment can be catastrophic, and may include loss of confidential information, denial of service, and compromised data integrity. The value of reliable user authentication is not limited to just computer or network access. Many other applications in every day life also require user authentication, such as banking, e-commerce, and could benefit from enhanced security. In fact, as more interactions take electronically, it becomes even more important to have an electronic verification of a persons identity. Until recently, electronic verification took one of two forms. It was based on something the person had in their possession, like a magnetic swipe card, or something they knew, like a password. The problem is, these forms of electronic identification are not very secure, because they can be given away, taken away, or lost and motivated people have found ways to forge or circumvent these credentials. It has always been an arduous task for the election commission to conduct free and fair polls in our country, the largest democracy in the world. Crores of rupees have been spent on this to make sure that the elections are riot free. It has always been an arduous task for the election commission to conduct free and fair polls in our country, the largest democracy in the world. Crores of rupees have been spent on this to make sure that the elections are riot free. But, now- a -days it has become common for some forces to indulge in rigging which may eventually lead to a result

contrary to the actual verdict given by the people. The main purpose of this project is to present a new voting system employing biometrics in order to avoid rigging and to enhance the accuracy and speed of the process. The system uses thumb impression for voter identification as we know that the thumb impression of every human being has a unique pattern. Thus it would have an edge over the present day voting systems. As a pre-poll procedure, a database consisting of the thumb impressions of all the eligible voters in a constituency is created. During elections, the thumb impression of a voter is entered as input to the system. This is then compared with the available records in the database. If the particular pattern matches with any one in the available record, access to cast a vote is granted. But in case the pattern doesnt match with therecords of the database or in case of repetition, access to cast a vote is denied or the vote gets rejected.