Titus Anita et.al; International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology © 2018, www.IJARIIT.com All Rights Reserved Page | 1923 ISSN: 2454-132X Impact factor: 4.295 (Volume 4, Issue 2) Available online at: www.ijariit.com Multi-factor authentication for secure electronic balloting credentials Anita Titus anitatitus72@gmail.com Agni College of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Nithiya Princy Rajam. B nithiya1096@gmail.com Agni College of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Swetha. M chinniswethamacha18@gmail.com Agni College of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Ramya. S ramyasaravanan16797@gmail.com Agni College of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu ABSTRACT In recent times there has been a decline in the confidence of common people over the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). Today’s automated vote casting methods have faced immense controversy to being vulnerable to hacking and questions have been raised about their transparency and security. This paper is lodged in style and develop a tamper-resistant electronic legal system that aims to alleviate the problems with existing machines. Here, multiple bedded verification method is administrated on an associate eligible citizen by means of fingerprint recognition primarily to demonstrate his identity. Subsequently, the person would cast the vote by pressing a button corresponding to a particular candidate which would be recorded in the system providing the vote caster a visual confirmation. Then steganography technique is used to hide secret messages into ordinary digital media without drawing suspicion. This system not only prevents multiple vote casts but also eliminates the discrepancies that commonly arise with a person claiming not to have voted, whereas his or her name is present in the list of vote casters. The experimental results show that the proposed method outperforms previous EVMs by electronically transmitting their results back to the Election Commission from the control unit, through a simple and unconditionally secure protocol. Keywords: EVM, Fingerprint recognition, Secured protocol. 1. INTRODUCTION In India, Electronic Voting Machines are being used in General and State Elections. The EVMs reduce the time both in casting a vote and declaring the results compared to the old paper ballot system. The voting machines in India use a two-piece system with a balloting unit presenting the voter with a button for each choice connected by a cable to an electronic ballot box. The two units in current EVMs are (1) Control Unit (2) Balloting Unit. These units are joined together by a five-meter cable. The Control Unit is with the Presiding Officer or a Polling Officer and the Balloting Unit is placed inside the voting compartment. The officer-in-charge of the Control Unit will press the Ballot Button which will enable the voter to cast his vote by pressing the button on the Balloting Unit against the candidate and symbol of his choice. The controller used in EVMs has its operating program etched permanently in silicon at the time of manufacturing by the manufacturer. No one can change the program once the controller is manufactured. a. Benefits It will be easier to move the EVMs compared to ballot boxes as EVMs are lighter, portable and come with polypropylene carrying cases. The vote-counting is extremely quick and therefore the result can be declared within 2 to 3 hours. In India, where illiteracy is still a factor, illiterate folks realize EVMs easier to use than ballot paper system. Bogus voting can be greatly reduced by the use of EVMs. Further, the maximum number of votes that can be cast in a single EVM is 3840. The votes recorded until the stage when the EVM went out of order remains safe in the memory of the Control Unit and it is not necessary to start the poll from the beginning. The Control Unit can store the result in its memory for more than 10 years. The battery is required only to activate the EVMs at the time of polling and counting. As soon as the polling is over, the battery can be