Secure Public Key Infrastructure Based System for Online Voting: A Case Study of Presidential Voting in Rwanda

This paper presents a secure Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)-based system for online voting, designed to enhance voter participation, reduce election costs, and improve the accuracy and integrity of results. The system allows voters to cast their votes remotely, either from abroad or within the country, using Android phones, tablets, or computers. By leveraging PKI, the system ensures the security of each vote, safeguarding the election process. Administrators are granted privileges to register voters, candidates, political parties, and observers. The system follows a web architecture model, incorporating a client, web server, and database to store voter, candidate, and election data, running on a Windows-based operating system. The ultimate goal of this online voting system is to address challenges such as election fraud, expedite the voting process, and streamline the vote-counting procedure, contributing to a more efficient and trustworthy electoral process.