About

This project is submitted for my pre-final year mini project. This is a replica of this project. I tried to recreate the same in my mini project.

Features:

• Vote preview
• Multiple votes
• Result tally via Horizontal Bar Chart
• Print voting results in PDF
• Changeable order of positions to show in the ballot
• CRUD voters
• CRUD candidates
• CRUD positions
• Plugins
• AdminLTE Template

A. Admin Users Can

1. See Overall Summary Charts of Votes
2. Reset Votes
3. Manage Voters (CRUD)
4. Manage Candidates (CRUD)
5. Manage Positions (CRUD)
6. Change Ballot Style (Ballot Position)
7. Update/Change Ballot Title

B. Voters Can

1. Register
2. Login
3. Verify with OTP (This can be overwritten in settings.py file)
4. Votes for their favourite candidates
5. View candidates they voted for

Pre-Requisites:

1. Install Git Version Control [ https://git-scm.com/ ]

2. Install Python Latest Version [ https://www.python.org/downloads/ ]

3. Install Pip (Package Manager) [ https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/ ]

Alternative to Pip is Homebrew

Installation

1. Create a Folder where you want to save the project

2. Create a Virtual Environment and Activate

Install Virtual Environment First

$  pip install virtualenv

Create Virtual Environment

For Windows

$  python -m venv venv

For Mac

$  python3 -m venv venv

For Linux

$  virtualenv .

Activate Virtual Environment

For Windows

$  source venv/scripts/activate

For Mac

$  source venv/bin/activate

For Linux

$  source bin/activate

3. Clone this project

$  git clone https://github.com/jobic10/e-voting-with-django.git

Then, Enter the project

$  cd e-voting-with-django

4. Install Requirements from 'requirements.txt'

$  pip3 install -r requirements.txt

5. Run migrations and migrate python manage.py makemigrations python manage.py migrate

6. Now Run Server

Command for PC:

$ python manage.py runserver

Command for Mac:

$ python3 manage.py runserver

Command for Linux:

$ python3 manage.py runserver

7. Login Credentials

Create Super User (HOD) Command for PC:

$  python manage.py createsuperuser

Command for Mac:

$  python3 manage.py createsuperuser

Command for Linux:

$  python3 manage.py createsuperuser

Then Add Email and Password

or Use Default Credentials

For HOD /SuperAdmin Email: admin@admin.com Password: admin

For Staff Email: staff@staff.com Password: staff

For Student Email: student@student.com Password: student