A Trustworthy SMS Based Voting System Architecture
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MAITANMI Olusola
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Abstract
Short Message Service (SMS) is the text communication service component of phone, web or mobile communication systems, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices. The usage SMS as data application in the world is enormous, with 2.4 billion active users, or 74% of all mobile phone subscribers. This paper develops an SMS voting system that can be used in conducting a trustworthy and generally acceptable electoral conduct base on the legislation of a particular country. It is base on a level structure and a national SIM card module used for only electoral process. The SIM card can be used for either the Internet voting system or the SMS voting. The method is cheap and fast and guarantees prompt election result.