Abstract
Short Message Service (SMS) is the text communication service component of phone, web or mobile
communication systems, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short
text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices. The use of SMS as data application in the world
is enormous, with 2.4 billion active users, or 74% of all mobile phone subscribers. This paper develops an
SMS voting system that can be used in conducting a trustworthy, secure and robust voting. The design
requires the use of a national SIM card module the electoral process. tions, Easy and cheap to implement,
Fast election delivery results within 24hrs and generally acceptable electoral conduct base on the legislation
of a particular country. It is based on The SIM card can be used for either the Internet voting system or the
SMS voting. The model is based on other e-voting schemes and adapted to the Nigerian system of election.
The method is cheap and fast and guarantees prompt election result.
Keywords: SMS, SIM, voting, trustworthy, electoral process
