Electronic Voting System Requirements

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Electronic Voting System Requirements

• GROUP B

Ricardo Alicea Leona Hull
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Todays Agenda

• Introduction
• Project Definition
• Requirements Specification
• Mandatory
• Desired
• Not Necessary
• Conclusion

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Introduction
Project Definition

• To design, develop, and document an electronic
  voting system for administering student
  government elections for UCF.

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Introduction Contd
Context Diagram
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Introduction Contd
Use Case Diagram
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The System shall
Requirement SpecificationsMandatory Requirements

• System shall be developed using PHP, MySQL, and
  Apache.
• Provide means of submitting votes electronically
  through a web-based for UCF student elections.
• Provide a means for submitting votes manually to
  parallel the electronic voting system.
• Require the users to input their ID number and
  password, and provide access according to
  predetermined privileges.
• Require voters to input their ID number and
  password for validation and verification.
• Be secure from invalid log in.
• Access the student records database, including
  their student ID number and name in MySQL.
• Verify the voters eligibility by checking the
  database of student records.
• Prompt the user to vote for choice from a
  database of candidates.

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The System shall
Requirement SpecificationsMandatory Requirements
Cont.

• Ensure that the user can only pick one candidate.
• Accept the voters input and record the values in
  a voting database.
• Produce report to confirm that the voters
  choices have been accepted.
• Print a hard copy of the actual votes.
• Provide a secure location for the hard copy vote
  receipt to be dropped.
• Match physical ballots to the electronic votes to
  ensure each candidate received the exact number
  of votes both systems counted for.
• Allow administrator to add and remove candidates
  names within the database for future re-use.
• Generate reports with final statistics.
• Display clear and concise instructions on how the
  voter should place his/her vote.
• The voting shall be done secretly.

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The System shall
Requirement SpecificationsDesired Requirements

• Print a confirmation receipt with the voters
  ballot number and his voting choices.
• Allow the voter to go online and see that his/her
  vote was included in the totals correctly.
• Be compatible with all standard web servers.
• Have simple easy-to-use interfaces.
• Open and close the voting polls at pre-determine
  times.
• Show how many attempts to falsify votes and show
  related voters ID.
• Audit trail of attempted hacking.

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The System shall
Requirement SpecificationsNot Necessary
Requirements

• Generate report of what percent of voters in each
  of the surrounding geographical areas
  participated in the vote.
• Biometric scan for voting.
• Touch screen voting.

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Questions?