INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER TECHNIQUES, VOL. 4, NO. 1, JANUARY 2017 1 Design and Implementation of Electronic Ballotting System; A case study of Nigeria Steve A. Adeshina, Lukman E. Ismaila , Kaltume U. Ibrahim and Adegboyega Ojo Abstract—Elections have been found to be a panacae for good governance. Governments become accountatble when voters are allowed to choose who represent them. Traditional manual based balloting system have been shown to be susceptible to elections malpractices. This is apart from the huge financial and other costs associated with manual ballotting. This work adresses the above issues by designing and implementing an Android tablet based Electronic ballotting System. An android-based application has been developed using android programming kit. An electronic ballot paper was simulated using a Graphical user interface (GUI) on a touchscreen device to eliminate the use of keyboard and mouse to avoid complications for voters. At the conclusion of polling, results are dispayed. An electronic based Voter Verified Audit Trail (VVAT) was implemented to ensure recount is possible where neccessary. Results of tests shows that usability of the system is high while accuracy have been shown to better and more cost effective than a manual ballotting system. Index Terms—Polling Unit; Electoral Management Ballot Paper;Voter Verified Paper Audit (VVPAT);Electronic Ballotting ✦ 1 I NTRODUCTION An election is a formal decision making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public offices. Elections have been the usual mech- anism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the ex- ecutive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. The universal use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens. As the Elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most politi- cal offices were filled using sortation, also known as allotment, by which office holders were chosen by lot [1] • Steve Adeshina is with the Department of Electrical and Electron- ics Engineering, Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria. E-mail: steve.adeshina@nileuniversity.edu.ng • Lukman E. Ismaila and Kaltume U. Ibrahim are with the Depart- ment of Computer Sciences, Nile University of Nigeria • Adegboyega Ojo is with Insight Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway Electoral reform describes the process of intro- ducing fair electoral systems where they are not in place, or improving the fairness or effectiveness of existing systems. Psephology is the study of results and other statistics relating to elections (especially with a view to predicting future results) [2] This work is intended to help developing na- tions conduct free and fair elections by implement- ing an electronic balloting system. The is an An- droid application which will replicate the ballot paper to the intended voter. The uniqueness in this work is the fact that it strives to replicate the ballot paper as much as possible. This is to the intent that illiterate users who vote by looking at symbols of political parties can still perform their franchise. It also implements an electronic based an electronic Voter Verified Paper (Electronic) audit. This makes recount possible in the event of a dispute. The objective of this work is as follows: The objectives of this thesis are as follows: • To develop an android/tablet electronic bal- loting system. • To design a user (technical) customizable Balloting system. • To design Graphical User Interface using An- droid APK • To Display the result and prepare the result