Securing Democracy: The Two-Phase Authentication Approach to Electronic Voting

The foundation of a democratic society is voting. However, in countries with high population densities, the electoral process is frequently not given enough attention. Concerns have been raised about electronic voting systems’ dependability, security, and transparency on a global scale. The proposed framework overcomes these difficulties by providing a two-phase authentication system that combines facial recognition and fingerprint authentication. This work aims to create an intelligent voting system that improves security, accuracy, and accessibility by including these strong authentication techniques. Biometrics enhances the system’s security characteristics. The proposed system integrates various components, including an Arduino microcontroller board, a facial recognition module, a biometric fingerprint scanner, a Wi-Fi module, and the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) module, to enable voter identification. Furthermore, election authorities are notified with an electronic alert message when an invalid vote is cast. Experimental results confirm the efficacy of our proposed authentication mechanism.