Lalasticlala,, it would be nice if more Nigerian programmers see this. Lalasticlala ooo

4dor:
Nice idea but there's nothing like hack proof, also this is a tricky venture, if your app makes people at the top uncomfortable, the DSS will be at your door soon. If you guys are serious, you have my support.

0luwatope:
only Few programmers are on nairaland, the rest are just "i have an idea" kinda people. Op, you are talking about a platform where voting will be conducted without duplicate accounts, 100% accurate codes, well structured DB, security firewall, nice UI, user authentication and lots more. To get this, you'll need heads of geeks and not just a single programmer. If i will ever participate in this, it will first be for a poll like MR nairaland or Best nairaland diary of the year kinda app. Abeg i no fit come spend months on one elephant project like that. I rest my case. xw

ChinenyeN:
If you crowd source it by making this an open source project rather than a privatized project, then you would likely see more activity.

That aside, I am not quite sure this would be a viable idea for an actual election, but it would be an excellent tool for determining who actually won the popular vote.

The application can be designed to function as a website and a mobile app. Users must be authenticated before proceeding. The app and site can both be developed to render all active sessions null and void if multiple devices are attempting the same user authentication. The final thing I would add to this is that even upon logging in, all users are simply met with a countdown clock and no form inputs. The countdown clock will countdown until the the polls open. It is only once the polls have opened that the site and mobile app will display form inputs for voting.

Something will need to be done though to ensure that the votes captured through the application are indeed representative. Many people have access to web and mobile apps, but not all of them can actually vote. The applications purpose would be rendered useless if a 12 year old can manage to place a vote of their own.

This project is not impossible, but it will be difficult. So long as it is not treated as an official means to vote, then it should be good. As I said, it would serve better as a way of capturing the actual, popular vote, i.e. the voice of the people.

tk4rd:
You know, the geeks in America developed their election gadgets, and they were put to good use.
But here in Nigeria, INEC had already ruled out electronic voting for 2019.
Reasons being that it would be too expensive, and that there are no provisions for it in the constitution..
So, let Nigerian geeks come up with something good and downloadable (so that there won't be need for procuring new factory-made customised computers or gadgets just for the elections, after which the gadgets become useless forever)
With full biometric capturing and other security measures.
It is NOT necessary for it to be released to the public domain, but let it be a program that can comfortably do all the functions of capturing of numerous voters without data clogging, accurate verification of all captured voters, nullification of multiple votes by a single voter (or accepting only the first recorded vote by the errant voter), sorting and analysing the votes as they were being cast, collating votes from the voting softwares or apps (that is, for the collation softwares or apps).
Now,, it is clear that the job is for teams.
One programmer cannot do it alone.