e-Voting

Polling app with a simple, intuitive UX that also takes care of the complexities like privacy, integrity and security behind the scenes.

apt/brew Dependencies

1. Python : >=3.5
2. Chrome : >=68 (for running functional tests)
3. virtualenv : *
4. MySQL Server : >=8.0.13

Install

1. virtualenv -p python3 voting
2. source voting/bin/activate
3. clone https://github.com/tameeshB/e-Voting.git
4. cd e-Voting
5. nano .env;source .env # and edit with mysql and webmail credentials.
6. pip install -r REQUIREMENTS.txt
7. python manage.py makemigrations
8. python manage.py migrate
9. python manage.py loaddata templateMigrationData.json
10. python manage.py runserver

Admin Actions and Initialization

1. Replace necessary global variables in the polls/globals.py file. Make sure to set a random secret key in secretHash and clientKey to desired password for the init console at /init.
2. Create an admin user with the credentials: source .env;python manage.py createsuperuser and enter desired credentials.
3. Login with the generated credentials at http://localhost/admin.
4. Use the "Token Dashboard" to generate one-time login tokens to hand out to voters.
5. Use the "Poll Control Panel" to control the poll status: Start/Stop the Poll. Count and Publish/Unpublish the results.
6. Before the poll starts, all computers that will be used by the voters must be initialized by visiting /init the client-key to be used here is the one in the polls/globals.py.

Run Tests (continue from above setup step 8)

1. wget https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.43/chromedriver_linux64.zip # linux
2. unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip
3. sudo chmod +x chromedriver
4. export webdriver_chrome=$PWD/chromedriver
5. export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/chromedriver
6. python manage.py runserver & # run server in background if not already started
7. python manage.py test tests/ # run the tests
8. kill %1 # stop server running in background

Problems this app addresses

1. Eliminating manual ballot system.
2. Counting of ballots is a long and laborious process.
3. Wastage of paper.
4. Any simple app made for this purpose might have privacy, security and integrity issues.

Some screenshots