Re: [IAC#RG] India's rigged EVM voting machines

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-02/india/36702629_1_evms-paper-trail-ballot-cast

EC ready with new-age electronic voting machines with printing unit
Bharti Jain, TNN Feb 2, 2013, 04.32AM IST

NEW DELHI: A revised version of the electronic voting machine (EVM),
complete with a printing unit to generate a voter verifiable paper
trail, is set to be cleared by the Election Commission early next
week.

The expert technical committee, which examined the viable EVM
prototypes that enable a paper trail of each ballot cast, has
completed the trials and zeroed in on the final model that will cost
an additional Rs 8,000-9,000 per machine.

Sources in the EC told TOI that around 6 lakh EVMs, all procured in or
after 2006, will be fitted with a printer that will have a drop box to
store the paper trail of the votes cast. This is expected to alleviate
concerns â€" expressed earlier by the opposition led by BJP â€" over
possible tampering of EVMs to favour a certain candidate.

The cost of updating the existing 6 lakh printer-compatible EVMs is
estimated at around Rs 540 crore. Incidentally, over 10 lakh EVMs need
to be deployed in a Lok Sabha election. According to EC sources, the
new-age EVMs will be introduced in a coming assembly bye-election and,
depending on the results, its use may be widened to a Lok Sabha
by-poll, in case a vacancy arises.

However, holding the 2014 general election fully with the new EVM
prototype is ruled out, as the gigantic democratic exercise is barely
14 months away and the logistics of arranging over 10 lakh new-age
EVMs is virtually impossible.

In any case, the EC is contemplating going in for a completely new set
of EVMs with built-in hardware to enable a paper trail. Sources in
Nirvachan Sadan hinted that a Venezuelan prototype, which has the
facility to record a paper trail, is being studied as a model for the
next-generation EVM.

For now, the existing 6 lakh compatible EVMs will be fitted with a
printing unit that generates a paper trail of each ballot. This paper
trail can be seen by the voter soon after he casts his vote, after
which it will automatically sever from the printing roll and drop into
a box.

The EC had some concerns over the size of the slot in which the paper
trail was to drop, with officials pointing out that it was big enough
for a voter to manage a look at details of the last vote cast. The
slot is now being made smaller.

Incidentally, the commission was keen to hold the by-election to
Mizoram's Chalfilh assembly constituency â€" which has just 16,000
electors and 29 polling stations and is due to go to polls on February
23 â€" with the paper trail-enabled EVMs. However, as the production
of the EVM prototype with a smaller slot for the drop box is expected
to take some time, the launch may have to wait for another by-poll.

On 23/05/2013, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sanjeev
>
> I am also an engineer. Unlike you I have been filing / arranging PILs in SC
> since last 30 years without any need for advocate.
>
> In fact filing a PIL in SC and getting relief is so ridiculously simple
> that even my 3 year old son could file a PIL there, get it listed and argue
> it personally to get his relief in first hearing which benefited so many
> people and children in India and stopped a massive BJP scam. The Court was
> so pleased that they even dubbed my minor son "Ld. Counsel" in their
> orders for his efforts.
>
> Therefore it is very unlikely that you are more expert in social reform
> than we are. I was not appointed as National Convenor of IAC for my
> pleasant personality
>
> PS: the exit link is at the foot of every message sent from this mailing
> list
>
> Sarbajit
>
> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Sanjeev Gupta
> <rashtranidhi@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Dear Mr XYZ,
>>
>> I have gone through few trail mails.
>>
>> Each & every citizen of India suggesting Reforms & reforms & giving
>> suggestions for improvement...
>>
>> It is a bloody shit on the part of us.
>>
>> We [Sanjeev Gupta (Engineer) and Neeraj Saxena (Advocate)] have studied
>> the working of Election Commission of India. Since last more than 1 year
>> we
>> have worked on it & found every thing is manipulated.
>>
>> We have filed a WRIT PETITION with Hon'ble Supreme Court for the
>> Fundamental Rights of all 121 Crore citizens of India for Right to
>> Expression & Right to Information.
>>
>>
>> The same has been accepted by the SC & shortly you will get the more
>> details on media & every where.
>>
>> Please don't work on reforms or if you wish to continue don't send us the
>> mail because we might have much better expertise for the same.
>>
>> Warm Regards
>>
>> Sanjeev Gupta
>> 09311207547
>> Delhi
>>
>>
>


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