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There is an urgent need for the existence of a secured automated voting system. Early regular voting systems have many drawbacks. This Book introduces a suggested smart system for voting process to be secured and transparent, called "Secured Transparent Computerized Voting System (STCVS)". STCVS could eliminate counterfeiting, hacking. It is based on applying confidentiality, integrity, message authentication, and non-repudiation. Also, while being accessed from any location, this would save the time spent for voting processes, and countries economic performance could be better. In addition, STCVS assures that users' votes will be their own opinions, not influenced by any others. STCVS is characterized by using computerized devices for voting procedures, votes counting, and analysis. It has many advantages compared with paper based ballots and traditional polling stations. This suggested system could be applied for several types of elections.