Security analysis of current voting systems

Electronic voting (e-voting) has become progressively well known in this technologically-driven world. It is viewed as a way to further strengthen and improve the democratic processes in society. E-voting ought to be implemented in a manner that guarantees sufficient user needs, which means it should provide an easy-to-use user interface. Evoting is also meant to maintain similar security and secrecy standards to those assured by traditional voting system. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the vulnerabilities that may affect e-voting systems. The paper presents the requirements and the concepts of an e-voting system. We summarize the different phases and the leading actors of e-voting systems and discuss the importance of security in e-voting systems by looking into the claims of hacks on the recent general election in the United States. In this paper, we closely examine some states where calls for recounts in the 2016 general elections were requested due to suspicions in voting systems security. We conclude with security recommendations to lessen or completely eradicate the risks and perils to the security of current voting systems.