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2019 general elections to have paper-trail electronic voting machines: Nasim Zaidi, CEC

2019 general elections to have paper-trail electronic voting machines: Nasim Zaidi, CEC

NEW DELHI: Polling for 2019 general elections will be conducted through paper trail-based electronic voting machines to “enhance transparency”.

We have reached a stage where people are demanding hundred per cent deployment of paper audit trail machines to enhance transparency.

We have preserved secrecy (in this system) too. By 2019, the whole country will be covered by (such) machines,” Mr Zaidi said

Once the votes are cast, the VVPAT-linked EVM immediately takes a printout, which is preserved for later use to tally in case of a dispute in the final result. Mr Zaidi, speaking on the theme of “Leveraging Technology for Transparent and Credible Elections”, stressed that secrecy of voting will be zealously preserved even in this system.

This was not tolerated by the
chitpawan brahminical parties hence the EVMs were tampered to defeat
her.

Ex CEC
SAMPATH is number one enemy of Democracy, Liberty, Equality and
fraternity as enshrined in our Constitution for the welfare, happiness
and peace of Sarvajan Samaj.

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He must be punished for murdering democracy instead of awarding doctorate to him. Otherwise the Rakshsa Swayam Sewaks and all its Avathars will start building temples and install Ex CEC Sampath’s statues through out the Country as they have done to the deadliest murderer chitpawan brahmin nathuram godse.

First of all the EVMs vulnerable to fraud must be replaced with paper ballots. Then only everything will be clean which was proved in the last UP Panchayat Elections and Ms Mayawati will be the next PM of Prabuddha Bharath.The architect Dr BR Ambedkar gave the country a modern Constitution while the Rakshasa Swayam Sevaks (RSS) wanted him to implement manusmriti which says chitpawan brahmins as 1st rate souls (Athmas) where education is reserved for them only. The Modern Constitution provided education for all societies. Manusmriti wants only kshatrias the 2nd rate souls to rule the Country while the Modern Constitution provides all societies can rule the country which saw many non-kshatrias ruled the Centre including Deve Gowda, IK Gujral, and in States  Kamaraj Nadar, Annaduari, Karunanidi, Lalu Prasad, Mulayam Singh, Nitesh Kumar, Ms Mayawati, Akilesh. As per manusmriti only the 3rd rate souls the Vysiyas can do trading and business. But any one can do business and trade as  as per the Modern Constitution. The Shudras as per manusmriti are 4th rate souls and the Panchamas (Aboriginal Adi Mula Nivasis (SC/STs) having no soul at all so that they can be torchured. The Buddha never believed in any soul. He said all are equal. Hence DR Ambedkar and all his followers returned back to Buddhism and the process continues. The Modern Constitution provides full freedom of expression to SC/STs also along with others even though they meny be imaginary for which they cannot be punished. As per Manusmriti women are the properties of men having no rights. But because of the Modern Constitution Indira Gandhi became the PM of this Country and Ms Mayawati as CM of UP for four times. And she will be the next PM of Prabuddha Bharath.

Once DR Ambedkar told to Nehru when he became the first PM of the Country “Mr Nehru you may be the ruler of this country now. But I will rule the country after my death.” which is true since the chitpawan brahmins have misappropriated Dr Ambedkar’s name for their selfish and greedy rule. Murderer of democratic institutions (Modi) is even attempting to misappropriate Buddhism by trying to misuse  monks to go around the country to praise him which no genuine follower of Awakened One with Awareness will ever do it.

The 1% chitpawan brahmins are attempting to bury Buddhism and the Techno-Politico-Socio- Transformation and Economic Emancipation Movement of the Buddha, Dr BR Ambedkar, Manyawar Kanshiram and Ms Mayawati without knowing that they are seeds that keeps sprouting as Bodhi Trees.

Ex CJI did not order for ballot paper system would be brought in. No such precautionary measure was decreed by the apex court. Ex CJI did not order that till the time this newer set of about 1300000 voting machines is manufactured in full & deployed totally. All the people in 80 democracies in the world who simply done away with fradulent EVMs should not recognise EVM Murderer of democratic institutions(Modi) & his Government. This had happened because of the the 1% chitpawan brahmins of RSS practicing hatred-ness towards 99% Sarvajan Samaj including SC/STs/OBCs/Minorities and the poor upper caste in favour of Capitalists and Industrialists. Hatred is a defilement of mind which is madness requiring treatment in a mental asylum with Insight Meditation till they are cured with this illness of hate. Hatred, anger, jealousy, delusion are defilement of the mind which is madness. The Rakshasa Swayam Sevaks (RSS) and all its avathars BJP (Bahuth Jiyadha Psychopaths), VHP (Visha Hinutva Psychopaths), ABVP (All Brahmin Venomous Psychopaths), Bhajan Dal etc suffer from this madness who keep heckling & giggling like mad people celebrating their violence thinking that they are achievers.

As a result of undemocratic act of ex CEC Sampath the damage done is as follows:

For proper implementation of Reservation and to save this country from Murderers of democratic institutions (Modi) remotely controlled by 1% chitpawan brahmin psychopath Rowdy Swayam sevaks the offices of CJI, CEC, Media, must have collegiate system consisting SC/STs/OBCs/Minorities. And all the psychopaths practicing hatred must be treated in mental asylums with Insight Meditation as cure. The ex CJI Sadasivam committed a grave error of judgement by allowing ex CEC  Sampath to replace all the EVMs vulnerable to fraud in phases instead of totally replacing them with paper ballots as followed in 80 democracies of the world. Ms Mayawati who could not win a single seat in the last Lok sabha elections won more that 80% seats in the last UP Panchayat elections. With paper ballots she will be the next PM od Prabuddha Bharath. To prevent this the Judiciary wanted to remove reservation which is unconstitutional.The CJI with collegiate system must salvage the Central as well as all the states selected through these fraud EVMs and order for fresh elections with paper ballots to save democracy, liberty, fraternity and equality as enshrined in our constitution or else these manuvadis will have their hey days.

Practice Middle path !

Eat the cake and still have it is psychopathetic !

Bad governance because of the MASTER KEY in the hands of Murderer of democratic institutions (Modi) selected by Evil Voting Machines (EVMs) which are vulnerable to fraud.
If we want this country to develop, the first necessity is to change and overhaul its legal and judicial system. We must get the final judgment within a year and it should not take decades to get final order. For that the CJI and CEC must have COLLIGIATE SYSTEM consisting of SC/STs/OBCs/Minorities.

The ex CJI Sadasivam had committed a grave error of judgement by ordering as suggested by ex CEC Samapth to replace the fraid EVMs in phases instead of total replacement by paper ballots as followed by 80 democracies of the world. Ms Mayawat could not win a single seat in the last Lok sabha elections because of these fraud EVMs. But won 80 % seats in the the last UP Panchayat Elections.And another Justice wanted the RESERVATION to be removed which is unconstitutional.

The present CJI must salvage Central and all the state governments selected by these fraud EVMs and order for fresh elections with paper ballots.Then the next PM of Prabuddha Bharath will be Ms Mayawati.

The
BSP chief alleged that most parties came to power with the “help of big
corporates” and therefore any economic policies are drafted keeping
them in mind and not the common people.

BJP and RSS are trying to put an end to reservation in education and job, by seeking ‘review’ of the same, she alleged.
Mayawati
specifically singled out the BJP-led Central government, alleging that
while the party was involving the corporates, it is however
non-committal in providing reservation in the private sector.
http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/outtoday/9093.pdf

http://news.webindia123.com/…/A…/India/20100828/1575461.html

RSS favours paper ballots, EVMs subjected to public scrutiny
New Delhi | Saturday, Aug 28 2010 IST

Joining the controversy regarding the reliablity of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) which have been questioned by political parties, the RSS today asked the Election Commission (EC) to revert back to tried and tested paper ballots and subject EVMs to public scrutiny whether these gadgets are tamper proof. In an editorial titled ‘Can we trust our EVMs?’, The Organiser, the RSS mouthpiece, noted it was a fact that till date an absolutely tamper-proof machine had not been invented and credibility of any system depends on ‘transparency, verifiability and trustworthiness’ than on blind and atavistic faith in its infallibility. The issue is not a ‘private affair’ and it involves the future of India. Even if the EVMs were genuine, there was no reason for the EC to be touchy about it, the paper commented. The Government and the EC can’t impose EVMs as a fait accompli on Indian democracy as the only option before the voter. There were flaws like booth capturing, rigging, bogus voting, tampering and ballot paper snatching in the ballot paper system of polling leading the country to switch over to the EVMs and all these problems were relevant in EVMs too. Rigging was possible even at the counting stage. What made the ballot papers voter-friendly was that all aberrations were taking place before the public eye and hence open for corrections whereas the manipulations in the EVMs is entirely in the hands of powers that be and the political appointees manning the sytem, the paper commented. The EVM has only one advantage — ’speed’ but that advantage has been undermined by the staggered polls at times spread over three to four months. ‘’This has already killed the fun of the election process,'’ the paper noted. Of the dozen General Elections held in the country, only two were through the EVMs and instead of rationally addressing the doubts aired by reputed institutions and experts the Government has resorted to silence its critics by ‘intimidation and arrests on false charges’, the paper observed, recalling the arrest of Hyederabad-based technocrat Hari Prasad by the Mumbai Police. Prasad’s research has proved that the EVMs were ‘vulnerable to fraud’. The authorities want to send a message that anybody who challenges the EC runs the risk of persecution and harassment, the RSS observed. Most countries around the world looked at the EVMs with suspicion and countries like the Netherlands, Italy, Germany and Ireland had all reverted back to paper ballots shunning EVMs because they were ‘easy to falsify, risked eavesdropping and lacked transparency’. Democracy is too precious to be handed over to whims or an opaque establishment and network of unsafe gizmos. ‘’For the health of Indian democracy it is better to return to tried and tested methods or else elections in future can turn out to be a farce,'’ the editorial said.
– (UNI) — 28DI28.xml

Today the very same fraud EVMs which was doubted by RSS on Saturday, Aug 28 2010 has been tampered in favor of 1% RSS’s Bahuth Jiyadha Paapis (BJP) for Murderer of democratic institutions (Modi) who WERE HATERS, who ARE HATERS and will CONTINUE TO BE HATERS.

Though the Supreme Court had ordered to replace all the fraud EVMs with fool proof voting system that is being followed by 80 democries of the world and the tried and tested paper ballots used in the recent UK elections, the ex CJI Sathasivan committed a grave error of judgement in allowing the fraud EVMs to be replaced in phases as suggested by the ex CEC Sampath because of the cost of Rs 1600 crore involved in replacing the fraud EVMs totally.

Now the country is
OF the fraud EVMs favored 1% Horrorist, Militant, Violent, Intolerant, Heckling, Lynching Stealth hindutva chitpawan brahmin RSS’s Bahuth Jiyadha Paapis (BJP) for Murderer of democratic institutions (Modi)!
BY the fraud EVMs favored 1% Terrorist, Militant, Violent, Intolerant, Heckling, Stealth hindutva chitpawan brahmin RSS’s Bahuth Jiyadha Paapis (BJP) for Murderer of democratic institutions (Modi)!!
FOR the fraud EVMs favored 1% Terrorist, Militant, Violent, Intolerant, Heckling, Stealth hindutva chitpawan brahmin RSS’s Bahuth Jiyadha Paapis (BJP) for Murderer of democratic institutions (Modi)!!!
AND
OFF the 99% Sarvajan Samaj i.e., all societies including LOYAL Arogya Rakshakas (Safai Karmacharis)/SC/STs/OBCs/Minorities and Poor Upper Castes!
to
BUY the 99% Sarvajan Samaj i.e., all societies including LOYAL Arogya Rakshakas (Safai Karmacharis)/SC/STs/OBCs/Minorities and Poor Upper Castes!

FAR the 99% Sarvajan Samaj i.e., all societies including LOYAL Arogya Rakshakas (Safai Karmacharis)/SC/STs/OBCs/Minorities and Poor Upper Castes!

Once again the Supreme Court has to be pursued by 99% Sarvajan Samaj i.e., All Societies literates to SCRAP all the Central and Sate Elections conducted with these fraud EVMs and order for fresh elections with FOOL PROOF VOTING SYSTEM. Since the MEDIA has become DEADWOOD for the 99% and ALIVE just for 1% brahmins and Baniyas HIGHLIGHT this issue both ONLINE by creating WEBSITES, BLOGS, Emails, SMSs etc., and OFFLINE by taking the message directly to the people.October 2, 2006 Supreme Court started e-filing facility. It is a simple way of filing any case via internet from his house. e-filing via internet does not require the help of advocate.

This service can be utilized by any common man as well as registered advocate. Anybody desiring to avail this service may log on to www.sc-efiling.nic.in/sc-efiling/index.html and sign up as a user.

For sign up procedure please follow up these steps: First time users of Supreme Court’s E-filing have to register him/her through the ‘Sign Up’ option.Through ‘e-FILING’ only Advocate-on Record’ and petitioners-in-person can file cases in the Supreme Court of India Advocate option is to be chosen if you are an ‘Advocate-on-Record’, otherwise choose ‘In-person’ option in case you are petitioner-in-person.

For registering first time personal details such as Address, contact details, E-mail Id etc., which are mandatory, need to be entered.For Advocate-on-record, his/her code (Advocate-on-record code) will be ‘Login-ID’, while ‘In-person’will create his/her Login-Id through ‘Sign Up’ option. Password needs to be entered thereafter. Login Id and password will be created once the mandatory requirements are filled properly. After successful login the ‘Disclaimer screen’ appears on the screen.

Clicking of ‘I agree’ button on Disclaimer allows the user to proceed further, while ‘I decline’ button sends the control back to the Login screen. After successful login, the user can file the case electronically. ‘New Case’ option allows the user to file a new case ‘Modify’ option allows a user to carryout changes to the already e-filed case, provided the court fee payment option is not invoked. Defects associated with the e-filed case will be e-mailed to the advocate/petitioner by the Supreme Court Registry.For further assistance, ‘Help’ option is available.Click here to file case online in Supreme Court of India http://kohram.in/ten-reasons-for-banning-indian-evms/ - Reasons For Banning Fradulent Tamperable EVMs Electronic voting machines (EVMs) were introduced in a limited way in Indian elections in 1982, and they have been in universal use since the general elections of 2004, when paper ballots were phased out completely.

It is about time this country reformed its voting system to ensure that the electoral verdicts reflect the true will of the people of the country.
1. The Whole World has Discarded Similar EVMs
2. Use of EVMs is Unconstitutional and Illegal Too!
3. EVM Software Isn’t Safe
4. Nor is The Hardware
5. EVMs are Sitting Ducks
6. “Insider” Fraud a Concern
7. Storage and Counting are Concerns
8. Vote of No Confidence
9. EC is Clueless on Technology
10. Trust Deficit1.

The Whole World has Discarded Similar EVMs.

The electronic voting machines used in this country’s elections are internationally known as Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machines which record votes directly in electronic memory.

Similar voting machines have been banned in many countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, Irelands etc. and such machines are allowed in most states of the US only with a paper back up. Potential dangers of “vote fraud” and more importantly, lack of transparency and verifiability associated with them prompted ban or restrictions of their use. Developed nations like the United Kingdom and France and advanced countries in our region like Japan and Singapore have so far stuck to voting on paper ballots, owing to their simplicity, verifiability and voter confidence in the system. This country is an exception to this international trend and we continue to use these voting machines long discarded by the world due to lack of awareness and appreciation of the lay public of the concerns.

2. Use of EVMs is Unconstitutional and Illegal Too! This country’s EVMs may also be held unconstitutional because they infringe upon the fundamental rights of the voters. In this country, Right to vote is a legal right but how that vote should be exercised by a voter is his/ her individual expression covered by Article 19 (1) (a) of the Constitution, which guarantees fundamental rights to the citizens. In the 2002 case pertaining to disclosure of assets and the criminal background of candidates, the Supreme Court ruled that voters have a right to know the antecedents of the contesting candidates and this is fundamental and basic for survival of democracy. Accordingly, a voter has the right to know that his vote which he exercised as a part of freedom of expression has really gone in favour of the candidate whom he/she has chosen. This right, fundamental in nature, is absent in the electronic voting system.

In the traditional paper ballot system, that fundamental right was preserve because a voter knew exactly how his/ her vote was recorded and Universal use of EVMs in Indian elections is illegal too! In 1984, the Supreme Court of India held that the use of electronic voting machines in elections was “illegal” as the Representation of People (RP) Act, 1951 did not permit use of voting machines in elections. Later, the R.P. Act was amended in 1989 incorporating Section 61A. However, the amendment says voting machines “may be adopted in such constituency or constituencies as the Election Commission may, having regard to the circumstances of each case, specify.” Violating the provisions of the R.P Act, the Election Commission has conducted 2004 and 2009 nationwide general elections only using electronic voting machines. Going by the 1984 judgment of the Supreme Court, parliamentary elections of 2004 and 2009 may be held illegal.

3. EVM Software Isn’t Safe.

The electronic voting machines are safe and secure only if the source code used in the EVMs is genuine.

Shockingly, the EVM manufacturers, the BEL and ECIL, have shared the ‘top secret’ EVM software program with two foreign companies, Microchip (USA) and Renesas (Japan) to copy it onto microcontrollers used in EVMs. This process could have been done securely in-house by the Indian Worse, when the foreign companies deliver microcontrollers fused with software code to the EVM manufacturers, the EVM manufacturers cannot “read back” their contents as they are either OTP-ROM or masked chips.

Amusingly, the software given to foreign companies is not even made available with the Election Commission, ostensibly for security reasons. With such ridiculous decisions, the Election Commission and the public sector manufacturers have rendered security of the EVMs a mockery. Adopting an open standards policy by making the software public and allowing parties to test the software installed in the EVMs would have offered better.

4. Nor is The Hardware. The danger for EVM manipulations is not just from its software.

Even the hardware isn’t safe. Dr. Alex Halderman, professor of computer science in the University of Michigan says, “EVMs used in the West require software attacks as they are sophisticated voting machines and their hardware cannot be replaced cheaply. In contrast, the Indian EVMs can easily be replaced either in part or as wholesale units.” One crucial part that can be faked is microcontrollers used in the EVMs in which the software is copied. EVM manufacturers have greatly facilitated fraud by using generic microcontrollers rather than more secure ASIC or FPGA microcontrollers. Not just only microcontrollers, mother boards (cards which contain microcontrollers) and entire EVMs can be replaced. Neither the Election Commission nor the manufacturers have undertaken any hardware or software audit till date. As a result, such manipulation attempts would go undetected. To detect such fraud, the upgraded EVMs have a provision to interface with an Authentication Unit that would allow the manufacturers to verify whether the EVM being used in the election is the same that they have supplied to the Election Commission. The EVM manufacturers developed an “Authentication Unit” engaging the services of Secure Spin, a Bangalore based software services firm.

The Unit was developed and tested in 2006 but when the project was ready for implementation, the project was mysteriously shelved at the instance of the Election Commission. Several questions posed to the Election Commission for taking this decision went unanswered. 5. EVMs are Sitting Ducks. This country’s EVMs can be hacked both before and after elections to alter election results. Apart from manipulating the EVM software and replacing many hardware parts discussed above, discussions with knowledgeable sources revealed that our country’s EVMs can be hacked in many ways. I mention just two of them below. Each EVM contains two EEPROMs inside the Control Unit in which the voting data is stored.

They are completely unsecured and the data inside EEPROMs can be manipulated from an external source. It is very easy to read (data from) the EEPROMs and manipulate them. The second and the most deadly way to hack our country’s EVMs is by inserting a chip with Trojan inside the display section of the Control unit. This requires access to the EVM for just two minutes and these replacement units can be made for a few hundred rupees. Bypassing completely all inbuilt securities, this chip would manipulate the results and give out “fixed” results on the EVM screen. The Election Commission is completely oblivious to such possibilities. A demonstration of these vulnerabilities is on the cards.

6. “Insider” Fraud a Concern. Personal accounts from some well placed political sources and experts say that there are some “insiders” demanding vast sums (Rs. 5 Crore for each assembly constituency) to fix election results. Who are these insiders? Unlike in the traditional ballot system where only the election officials were the “insiders”, electronic voting machine regime has spawned a long chain of insiders, all of whom are outside the ambit and control of the Election Commission of this country. There is every possibility that some of these “insiders” are involved in murky activities in fixing elections. The whole world—except us in this country–is alive to the dangers of insider fraud in elections. The “insiders” include the public sector manufacturers of this country’s electronic voting machines namely, the Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL), the foreign companies supplying micro controllers, private players (some of which are allegedly owned by some political leaders) for carrying out checking and maintenance of electronic voting machines during.

7. Storage and Counting are Concerns. The EVMs are stored at the district headquarters or in a decentralized manner in different locations. Election Commission’s concern for EVM safety becomes apparent only during elections, where as security experts say that voting machines must remain in a secure environment throughout their life cycle. There could be many malpractices associated with electronic counting. “Everybody watches polling closely. Nobody watches counting as closely),” says Bev Harris, an American activist. Our Election Commission takes three months to conduct parliamentary elections but wants counting to be over in just three hours! In the rush to declare results and the winners, several serious lapses go unnoticed in the counting process. As a result, parties cannot give it the kind of attention that this activity deserves.

Massive discrepancies between votes polled and counted in a large number of polling stations across the country raise serious concerns in this regard.

8. Vote of No Confidence.The political class cutting across all sides of the divide has just one verdict: “we don’t trust the EVMs”. This vote of “no confidence” stems from the personal experiences of parties and leaders as well as the nature of results thrown up by the EVMs. Parties are looking at EVMs with great suspicion and dread the prospect of EVMs “defeating” them.This mistrust in EVMs is not confined to any single party and is all pervasive. Almost all mainstream political parties, including the BJP, Congress, left parties, regional parties like the Telugu Desam party (TDP), AIADMK, Samajwadi party, Rastriya Lok Dal (RLD), Janata Dal (United) etc. have all expressed reservation about EVMs in the aftermath of 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Even the Congress party that decisively won the 2009 general elections alleged that the EVMs have been manipulated in Orissa. Today, it is difficult to find parties that vouch for the continued use of EVMs in Indian elections. On the contrary, there is a flood of opposition to the EVMs from the political class.

9. EC is Clueless on Technology.The Election Commission has adopted the EVM technology about which it has practically no knowledge.

As a result, it has little control over many aspects of the election process. None of the election commissioners, neither the present commissioners nor their predecessors, have proper understanding of the EVM technology. The only source of technical understanding for the Election Commission is a Committee of experts led by its chairman, Prof. P.V.Indiresan. Even the Expert Committee seems very weak in its capacities and understanding. Alex Halderman, professor of computer science at the University of Michigan and an expert on the security of voting systems who was present in New Delhi for the launch of the book, Democracy at Risk, Can We Trust our EVMS? commented, “When I read the 2006 technical report prepared by the Expert Committee of the Election Commission. I scribbled on it that there was a cause for alarm and quickly decided to agree to come here.” That speaks volumes for the quality and rigor of security testing done on the Country’s EVMs.

10. Trust Deficit. Election Commission’s conduct in the wake of the serious reservations expressed by people has been unbecoming of a constitutional body. It has uttered many lies – our EVMs are “tamper proof”, they are “different” etc. etc. It has refused to provide any clarifications sought to the petitioners in the Supreme Court, despite a reference from the Supreme Court of India. It has taken several questionable decisions for which it has refused to offer any explanations. For instance, it does not explain why old EVMs were used in Lok Sabha elections despite the recommendations of its own Expert Committee.

It does not explain why as many as 4.48 Lakh new EVMs (which are more secure as per the Expert Committee) were not used in any Congress party or UPA ruled states? Why and where it had allowed use of state government owned EVMs? The non-transparent conduct of Election Commission in the use of EVMs and the farce of an “enquiry” it has conducted following serious reservations on EVMs does not inspire confidence in its unbiased functioning.

How EVM Works and how can changed it’s functionality Watch this video [youtube id=”ZlCOj1dElDY” width=”620″ height=”360″]

- See more at: http://kohram.in/ten-reasons-for-banning-indian-evms/… youtube id=”ZlCOj1dElDY” width=”620″ height=”360″ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlCOj1dElDY

This country’s EVMs are Vulnerable to Fraud-Contrary to claims by our country,s election authorities, the paperless electronic voting systems used in India suffer from significant vulnerabilities. Even brief access to the machines could allow criminals to alter election results.

In this video, we demonstrate two kinds of attacks against a real Indian EVM. One attack involves replacing a small part of the machine with a look-alike component that can be silently instructed to steal a percentage of the votes in favor of a chosen candidate. These instructions can be sent wirelessly from a mobile phone. Another attack uses a pocket-sized device to change the votes stored in the EVM between the election and the public counting session, which in India can be weeks later.These attacks are neither complicated nor difficult to perform, but they would be hard to detect or defend against. The best way to prevent them is to count votes using paper ballots that voters can see. indiaEVM.org

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br2Mjt1BecI - EVMs Can Be Tampered - Says Net India - Net India company says that the Electronic Voting Machines EVMs which are used in polling stations can be tampered in favor of the candidates. Watch this to find out more…..To watch live news, videos subscribe to CVR News @ https://www.youtube.com/user/CVRNewsO…- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1xov8mrLZc -

EVM in INDIA REALITY EXPOSED by Dr Subramanian Swamy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3THfIvvxPY -

EVMs can be tampered, experts say - Electronic voting machines could be easily tampered to manipulate elections results, a group of foreign experts said at a seminar in Dhaka on Tuesday. A standing committee member of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Abdul Moyeen Khan, in the seminar said that the party would make some prototypes of the EVMs the Election Commission made to show the people how the device could be tampered.

Non-governmental organisation Centre for Sustainable Development organised the seminar, ‘Electronic voting machines: use and abuse,’ at the Lake Shore hotel in the city. The organisation’s secretary general Mahfuzullah conducted the seminar and its president Anwar Hashim, also a former ambassador, presided over the programme. Computer science professor in the University of California Mathew Allen Bishop, senior software architect of Yahoo in India Shashank Shekhar and research and development director of Hewlett Packard of the United States Shawn Islam made presentation in the seminar highlighting how EVMs could be tampered. All the three experts said the EVMs could be tampered in several ways in a short span of time to manipulate the elections results in favour of a certain candidate if the manipulators would get physical access to EVMs. Citing an example of the flaws of the EVM used in the United States and in other parts of the world, Bishop said the EVMs, electronic devices which need software to function, could be easily tampered. Bishop, however, asked the authorities concerned to look into certain issues before using EVMs. ‘When votes are counted, how do you know that the button pushed to vote for scales on the ballot unit is in fact counted as a vote for scales?’ he said. Bishop also said, ‘How do you know that the software is correct? There are no bugs that affect the vote counting?

How do you know that the software on the EPROM chip is the version that is supposed to be used? There was no malware?’

He said the security of the software running the EVM must be part of the inbuilt design of the device. Earlier, Shawn Islam,m a Bangladeshi-American, demonstrated how a vote cast for a candidate could be stored for the candidate the voter did not vote for through software manipulation effected beforehand. Both of the experts said that there be a system of paper trail of the votes cast so that the voters could see that their votes were stored for the candidate they voted for.’But,’ Shawn Islam added, ‘the EVMs developed by Bangladesh do not have any option to add the paper trail system.’ He claimed that the EVM developed in Bangladesh have plenty of problems. Shashank said that there was no electronic device in the world which could not be tampered. All of the experts said that the device must be tested by a third party before its use.

In reply to a question whether the EVM can be manipulated with remote control devise without physical intervention once EVMs are tested and certified by the experts of the political parties just before the elections, Shawn said, ‘You must have physical interventions to manipulate it if the EVM does not belong to any wireless network.’

When a reporter asked Abdul Moyeen Khan whether the BNP would accept it if EVMs were tested by their experts, the BNP leader parried the answer saying that the party would develop some EVM prototypes to show how they could be tampered.

Representatives from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the chairperson’s advisers Iqbal Hasan Mahmud, Sabiuddin Ahmed, Ruhal Alam and opposition chief whip Zainul Abdin Farroque, attended. Speaking on the occasion, former Dhaka University vice-chancellor Moniruzzaman Mia, BRAC University professor Piash Karim and Sushaner Janya Nagarik secretary Badiul Alam Majumder stressed the need for building trust among political parties before introducing any new device in the elections process.The country’s two major political camps are now at loggerheads over the introduction of EVMs in the next polls. The ruling Awami League-led alliance said that it would extend all cooperation to the E C in using EVMs in the next general elections while the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance vowed to resist the move.Attachments area- Preview YouTube video India’s EVMs are Vulnerable to Fraud
-Preview YouTube video EVMs Can Be Tampered - Says Net India Preview YouTube video EVM in INDIA REALITY EXPOSED by Dr Subramanian Swamy.

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It is Time to show BJP, Cong a mirror: 99% of this Country doesn’t like them-RSS and BJP were instrumental in the rise of all the newly elected state governments who are just scape goats and their own mother’s flesh eaters who emerged on the political firmament with BJP and RSS support without which they would not remain strong for long. The country was already on course to become ‘Congress mukt’ (free from Congress) and that the party’s dipping fortunes could be attributed to it having remained “captive to a family”which  had trashed the possibility of Sonia Gandhi becoming the Prime Minister in 2004. AIADMK in Tamil Nadu Trinamool Congress in West Bengal and Bihar’s alliance emerged due to hard work of Sangh workers.They all will gradually become ineffective & will not win next time. They together used to wipe out Congress. Communists and socialist parties do this drama that they were  communal. All of them have fought alongside them. In 1977, they came together. In 1966, they came together. They  came together in 1989. When was the taboo. When did we not come together. This is all drama and hypocrisy of socialists and communists.While CPI had supported Congress during Emergency, CPM was opposed to it.”They think people’s memory is short. All of them had come with them when they fought against Congress.

A “Good Governance” situation had prevailed in UP after Mayawati’s BSP formed its government in 2007. Hence  in 2012 the BJP wanted to remove Mayawati and, since they believed BJP would not be able to form its government, they used the temperable EVMs for Samajwadi Party back to power.Today, the situation is not like that. With the fraud EVMs BJP has 72 MPs and the fraud EVMs will not have BSP now. Now they are ready. They have proved to the world  that they are ready with the fraud EVMs.The electorate was now convinced that  with Paper ballots Ms Mayawati’s BSP will not only become the CM of UP but also the new PM of Prabuddha Bharath as it was proved in the UP Panchayath Elections.Ms Mayawati  empowered the people.Ms Mayawati will not be merely a Prime Minister but will become a Iron lady . As CM she was  different. She was a great  administrator as she started implementing the Modern Constitution distributing the wealth of the state equally among the Sarvajan Samaj. People felt she solved all their problems. So the scene had changed.

Time to show BJP, Cong a mirror: 99% of Sarvajan Samaj doesn’t like them

With the nation getting fed up of the perennial — perhaps mutual — exchange of jibes and accusations between the Congress and the BJP,  it’s high time that BSP showed these two prima donna entities a mirror, reflecting their true worth in the overall political space in this country.

The picture that emerges in the mirror makes it clear that both these parties, which think too big of themselves, are living in a fools’ paradise. Even if they were to join hands at the current juncture, they wouldn’t even occupy 1% in the country! Like it or not, that is a fact.

Let’s examine their strength in the Rajya Sabha first. The Congress continues to be the largest single party with 64 members. The strength of the BJP stands at 49 currently. If you add the numbers of the two top national parties, they would account for less than half of the total strength of this House of 245. It’s the “others” who are in majority.

And this picture wouldn’t alter even after the ongoing biennial elections in the states. In fact, the strength of the “others” would go up from 128 to 129 regardless of the fact that the BJP too would register a gain of six seats – raising its strength from 49 to 55. And as for the Congress, it would go down from 64 to 57. What is startling in all this is that the Congress and the BJP would jointly go down by one seat – in sharp contrast to the “others” who would, in fact, gain in number.

Those who refuse to view things from this angle might argue that things are vastly different in the Lok Sabha, which truly represents this country. No, it doesn’t in spite of the fact that the BJP, with its 282 members, enjoys absolute majority in this august House.

Dig a little deeper beneath the surface and you would find that the ruling party had swept to power by bagging just 31.34 percent of the total valid votes polled at the height of the Modi wave in 2014.

And if you consider their vote share in relation to the total number of voters – not just those who preferred to exercise their franchise – the figure drastically comes down to 20.58 percent. Yes, that is a fact. The BJP now lords over India by getting support of just one fifth of the total voters.

The performance of the Congress was even worse. This grand-old party of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty could manage to bag only 19.52 percent of the total valid votes polled in during the Modi wave. Their vote share, in relation to the overall number of voters in country, had shrunk to 12.82 percent.

Can you believe that the Congress doesn’t enjoy the support of even one eighth of the Country’s voters? And together, the BJP and the Congress haven’t been been getting the support of even one percent of Country’s population on the whole as the intolerant, violent, militant, lunatic, mentally retarded horrorists shooting, lynching cannibal psychopaths are just 1% chitpawan brahmin Rakshasa Swayam Seevaks controlling both Congress and BJP (Bahuth Jiyadha Psychopaths) and its avatars VHP (Visha Hindutva Psychopaths), ABVP (All Brahmin Venomous Psychopaths) Bajan Dal etc.,for the sake of stealth, shadowy, discriminative of hindutva cult full of hatred towards 99% Sarvajan Samaj i.e., all societies includeng SC/STs/OBCs/Minorities and poor upper castes!

But the perception that these two parties are ‘be-all’ and ‘end-all’ of politics in the country persists, thanks to the heat and dust generated by their mutual, never-ending attacks and counter attacks.

Obviously, both the parties have, over the years, developed expertise in keeping camera arc-lights focused on them, through an endless series of allegations and counter-allegations.  And they have succeeded massively.

The nation listens to their otherwise explosive statements attentively. Don’t you remember some of these catch-phrases that were used by Murderer of democratic institutions (Modi) and Sonia Gandhi to settle scores – maut ka saudagar (merchant of death), zahar ki kheti (sowing seeds of poison), khooni panja and zalim haath (bloody claws and cruel hand)?

Let’s play back some of their more recent jibes at each other:

- At a party rally in the Capital on 6 May, Sonia said: “Do not frighten us. Life has taught me to fight on. They are murdering democracy. The achche din of the BJP are over.”

- In retaliation, Modi raked up the issue of the “Italian Connection” to target Sonia over the AgustaWestland deal, in the election rallies in Kerala and Tamil Nadu three days later.

- Targeting Modi for its rather loud celebrations on the completion of two years in office, Sonia said: “Modi ji acts more like a Shahenshah than a democratically elected Prime Minister”.

- Hitting back, Union agriculture minister, Radha Mohan Singh, thundered: “The daughter-in-law of a big family is not a Maharani.”

The ranting and raving of the two players apart, the fact regarding their worth remains unchanged: 99% of the Country’s voters don’t like them! They either stay away from the polling booths or vote against them actively. They are weak collectively and even weaker separately as they are aware both have used the fraud EVMs to gobble the Master Key.

Chances are that they would never shake hands, not even when the nation calls for a unity between forces espousing the cause of Congress-mukt Bharat and Sangh-mukt Bharat. But just visualise for a minute: What happens if all the non-Congress, non-BJP people unite in this country?

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Racial prejudice runs deep in the land of casteism

Sushma Swaraj and General V K Singh are habitual in putting foot in their mouths saying that this was a ‘minor’ incident blown out of proportion by the media.

While most of the upper caste middle class will reject this suggesting that SC/STs have got ‘everything’ after the government provided them ‘reservation’ in its services and hence things are ‘resolved’. This segment of the upper caste Hindus is highly avers to the idea of affirmative action and always claim those who get into it lack ‘merit’. The fact is the word ‘merit’ itself has become the biggest racist terminology of the powerful to defend and ensure their control on the levers of powers in the country. The brahmanical in general and the 1% chitpawan brahmin in particular system in the country work through various ways and the biggest is controlling the popular discourse and cultural practices and the discrimination and prejudices are visible in not only humors but also in pains.

The Brahmanical in general and the 1% chitpawan brahminical in particular  idea of national ‘treasures’

We all heard how the upper castes reacted to the so-called humor on Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar by some Tanmay Bhat, evidently a brahmin himself. The entire cinema fraternity came up to rescue Lata Mangeshkar. The argument was that we must not make fun of ‘Icons’ of India otherwise it would be too dangerous.  Another important point that we must understand is whether we really have a sense of humor or we are habitual of joking at people on the basis of their color, ability, physique and caste? Can mocking at someone with racial, caste and gender prejudices be called humor? Now, we have seen these entire ‘humorist’ mocking at Gandhi and Nehru with latter targeted with malicious videos and character assassination as if he was the worst person that the country could have. How we treat our iconic leaders of the freedom movement is reflected in these ‘humors’ but then none ever bother to question under the pretext of ‘freedom of expression’ but with Lata and Sachin targeted all of us are seeking their ‘protection’ in the garb of ‘national treasure’ ? Is Nehru not ‘national treasure’? But then Nehru is the biggest villain today for this government and Amitabh, Sachin and Lata are the epitome of chitpawan brahmanical ‘morality’ today. Even when we know Nehru was a brahmin but suddenly the chitpawan brahmins are realizing that he was not and ‘researchers’ and ‘humorists’ found that he came from a Muslim ancestry. The Bollywood never came for the ‘rescue’ of our national icons but it look that the only national icons that we have are either from the corrupt world of cricket or orthodox and conservative Bollywood fraternity which has become the ‘conscious-keeper’ of the country. Why is that people get agitated for Sachin and Lata when any one try to imitate them or joke on them particularly when we have mocked at all our icons of freedom movement who were unambiguously against RSS ( Rakshasa Swayam Sevaks) brand of nationalism ? The reason lies in the mindset and the targeted group of the upper castes feeling offended these days if you remind them of their ‘sins’ or any historical wrongs. They are the torch bearer of the chitpawan brahmanical ‘success’ stories and ‘morality’ of our times hence any ‘humor’ in their name is questionable, though since the humor was done by another brahmin so there are numeryous supporting fraternity too otherwise if he were a Muslim or a Christian we would have been in a very difficult situation.

Haven’t we seen the ‘humor’ of mocking at a person on the basis of their color or physical appearance or his disability in the Hindi cinema? That reflect the popular mindset and the perception that it has. The Country is turning into an upper-caste stealth, shadowy, discriminative hindutva cult country now with people getting encouragement from those in power. It is difficult for certain communities to get a house at a relatively ‘secular’ place in any part of the country. ‘Secular’ space means un-ghettoized upper caste dominated space with all the ‘modern amenities’ at your disposal but unfortunately these spaces are now being converted into ‘upper caste’ ‘ghettoes’ with more and more mobilization in the name of ‘festivals’ and ‘jaati’ to protect. So it is nearly difficult for a Muslim to get a house on rent in these places. Similarly the SC/STs too face this discrimination based on their caste once they inform about their castes then it becomes difficult for them to survive in that locality. Friends from North East will not get house on cheaper rate at any good locality and definitely our African friends would find it difficult to get a house that easily as the ‘mainstream’ Indians get and here lies the prejudiced mind that we have allowed to happen. ‘People call us names like ‘blacky’, ‘blackberry’ and even ‘monkey’. It happens on the road while driving, at public places and even at the locality we live in,” says Faisal Dermane, President of the Africans Students Association in Telangana. The student from Togo in West Africa, however, notes that most students are good to Africans but it’s the few who use racial slurs that make them live in fear. Abdoul Gueye, a Senegalese student in Osmania University, says it’s difficult to be African and black in India. “There are lots of stereotypes about Africans. People think that we live in the jungle. They think Africa is a country. They say Africa is so hot that’s why we are black,” he says as quoted by ‘The News Minute’.

It is a well-known fact that Indians are highly color conscious. My father was dark in complexion and he faced a lot of comments due to that when he was a teacher. I was a child but I could understand senior students doing that. Most of the ‘humor’ that we have in our country comes from mocking at people’s color, physical appearance like disability, caste and religion. Many times you are mocked due to your accent of the language.

Our External Affairs minister Ms Sushma Swaraj felt that people must ensure that we shake hand with Africans telling them that they are welcome. Obviously, it is an important issue but do not try to suggest that we love ‘vasudhaiv Kutumbakam’ and there are no issues in our society related to color and caste when our entire newspaper columns, Sunday supplements are crowded with caste based advertisement and the most of our boys and their families irrespective of their caste, color, religion or region want ‘fair-skinned’ ‘fair and lovely’ wife.

Just when the government was trying to ignore this issue, a new report by Walkfree Foundation in Australia informed that India has World’s highest number of ‘modern slaves’. Now, this issue is highly ‘controversial’ for many as they feel that government of India has done everything as there are laws in our statute books. Another official was questioning the statistics as how did they arrive at a figure of 18.35 million ‘modern slaves’ in the country which was about 1.4% of its total population.

The interesting fact is that five biggest countries are China, this country, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan where 58% of the total ‘modern slaves’ of the world work under horrible conditions but still if you compare the figures India’s record shames us. China (3.39 million), Pakistan ( 2.13 million), Bangladesh ( 1.53 million) and Uzbekistan ( 1.23 million) are nothing in comparison to 18.35 million Indian ‘modern slaves’. A senior officer in the Ministry of labor was pointing out that we have all the laws and constitutional provisions to protect people so these reports are ‘questionable’ while another one in the TV studio wanted to ‘know’ the methodology of the process. The fact is that if a proper methodology is taken into account then we will find the number much larger in India. Why should we only point out to ‘economic aspect’ of the ‘modern slavery’ and ‘satisfy’ ourselves with constitutional provisions. There is a socio-cultural aspect of the ‘slavery’ and I can’t call it just ‘modern slavery’ when the things are historically proven that there was a caste system which ensured that certain people would do the most inhuman kind of ‘work’ on the basis of the caste and these ‘aajivaks’ were not allow to obtain ‘knowledge’ which was the sole domain of the chitpawan brahminms. How can one not call an ‘occupation’ which compel people to clean the human excreta by another human being? For so many years, despite best laws, we are unable to bring a full stop this heinous and criminal traditional practice worse than slavery. The fact is that people don’t even get money in lieu of it and they are virtually made helpless under this work.

There is a need to understand what exactly is ‘Modern slavery’ report suggests. this country, Pakistan and Bangladesh have commonality in terms of caste influence in our lives while China and Uzbekistan have remnants of feudalism in their societies which influenced Pakistan too. The report points out that China, Pakistan, North Korea, Iran, Bangladesh and several other countries are worst as they have not done anything to eradicate it. The reason why this country is still better lies in our constitutional provisions while these countries mentioned as most problematic have not yet done anything to remove ‘modern slavery’ as most of states have not yet ratified many international covenants. There are issues of trafficking prevalent in our societies and yes the government is serious in handling them yet the biggest road-block is the prevailing mindset of prejudices and discrimination.

Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar often talked of contradictions in our society between the political and social lives and therefore pointed out that the best of the constitution in the hands of ‘worst’ people might turn out to be a nightmare which will force people to rebel against the same. Unfortunately the countries which have been named as worst have not been able to change their social system despite certain provisions made in their constitution. Most of these societies are still dominated by religious laws which are the biggest obstacles in creating a humane society but as far as India is concern our struggle is between the modern constitution and those status- quoists who have been benefitted from the feudal Manuwadi social order. The constitution can only break this order once it has fair representation at all level of the people who have been denied human rights for centuries and that too is possible if the people joining the government be made compulsorily to take oath under the constitution to protect it as caste minds are failing the republican constitution.

It is in these context one would be surprised to hear from our external affairs minister making a point that there is no racial discrimination in India and that Country’s must ‘shake hand’ with African people and say ‘we love them’. Now this symbolizes the upper caste effort to ‘resolve’ the discriminatory Indian system through ‘tokenism’ and that too in a very patronizing way like the upper caste leaders ‘dining’ at the places of SC/STs as if doing a great favor on them. The cruel reality is that upper caste Indians still suffer from Superiority complex and have not taken it seriously that the ‘others’ are now responding better. How interesting is the fact that now Dalit young boys and girls are faring better than caste Hindus in a very similar way as studies showing that black boys and girls are growing better than the American whites in term of education despite the fact that America is not really a better model for us in terms of representation and development of the blacks there but as far as arrogant and false pride is concern none can beat the caste Hindus and the way they are justifying all acts of historic wrong. The problem is not to even accept that there was a problem and we need to address it with all seriousness and concern. If anything is questioned about the ‘golden past’ of the upper caste Indians they come out with vengeance hurling abuses on the others.

There is no denial the fact that our constitutional founding fathers were aware of the whole issue of discrimination and they did their best but what we have failed in India is to develop those understanding and not wait for law to guide us but strengthen our own resolve to fight against all kinds of prejudices and stereotypes. Our sports fraternity and cultural activist have no parallel of legendary boxer Mohammad Ali who had the courage to stand up and speak against racial discrimination in United States. We remained confined to glorifying our past and justifying all the historical wrongs.

Frankly the current government in India is encouraging those old stereotypes against all the dissenters, minorities particularly Muslims as well as SC/STs. It play multiple games while on the massive propaganda machinery of paid media the government goes on with ‘make in India’ and Dr Ambedkar’s vision and mission while the main clientele of the ruling party are the orthodox upper caste Hindus despise the very word of reservation and equality. Not only in India but abroad too they are on distortion of history mission flatly denying any wrong of the past with the Dalits. Examples from UK and USA clearly reveal how Hindu Council there objected to Equity Law in UK and opposed mentioning of the word Dalit as if the problem never existed. The Modi government’s attempt to provide citizenship to Bangladeshi and Pakistani Hindus is an attempt to play with the communal fire in the entire subcontinent. It means that rather than believing in multiculturalism the government and its ideological master, the Sangh Parivar, are ready to deepen those stereotypes, which has created the whole crisis today. One need to understand as how will a narrow minded leadership allow a healthy relationships between diverse faiths and races in India. Sushma Swaraj will have to seriously ponder over whether her government’s policies are not responsible for encouraging such elements who believe in their caste, colour and cultural superiority.

In the meanwhile, we would like to share with our African brothers and sisters the feelings of all those who have suffered here on the basis of their caste and other cultural identities from the hands of the same people who are today threatening them. Therefore, the need of the hour is not to think that all Indians are racists but share your solidarity with those Indians and vice versa who are victims of hierarchical and discriminatory caste system. Any kind of generalization and stereotyping of a vast country like India would be dangerous and detrimental to the interest of greater unity of all those victims of racist supremacist discriminatory order whose unity can break the monopoly of such forces

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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Election Commission
04-March-2016 15:55 IST
Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry.

            The terms of the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry are normally due to expire as follows:
                        Tamil Nadu                           22.05.2016
                        West Bengal                          29.05.2016
                        Kerala                                     31.05.2016
                        Puducherry                            02.06.2016
                        Assam                                     05.06.2016
As per the established practice, the Election Commission holds the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of the States whose terms expire around the same time, together.
By virtue of its powers, duties and functions under Article 324 read with Article 172(1) of the Constitution of India and Section 15 of Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Commission is required to hold elections to constitute the new Legislative Assemblies in the States of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry before expiry of their present terms………..

……
(1)            Assembly Constituencies
 
The total number of Assembly Constituencies in the States of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry and seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as determined by the Delimitation Commission under the Delimitation Act, 2002, are as under: -
State
Total No. of ACs
Reserved for SC
Reserved for ST
Kerala
140
14
02
Tamil Nadu
234
44
02
West Bengal
294
68
16
Puducherry
30
05
–
Assam*
126
08
16
(*In Assam, territorial determination of Assembly Constituencies is as per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976)
Whereas

 
(6)            VVPAT ( Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail)
VVPAT will be used in all the five poll going states as per the details in the table below:
States
No. of ACs with VVPAT deployment
Assam
10
Kerala
12
Tamil Nadu
17
West Bengal
22
Puducherry
3
 
(3)            Polling Stations and Special Facilitation
            The number of Polling Stations in the poll going States as on the date of final publication of electoral rolls are as follows:
States
No. of Polling Stations in 2011
No. of  Polling Stations in 2016
% Increase
Assam
23,813
24,888
4.5
Kerala
20,758
21,498
3.5
Tamil Nadu
54,016
65,616
21.5
West Bengal
51,919
77,247
48.7
Puducherry
815
913
12

VVPATs will be used in just 14,066 out of 1,90,162 (13.5%) polling stations across the 5 poll-bound states/UT and the List of Assembly Constituencies in each State where VVPAT will be used in the forthcoming elections is placed at “Annexure VI”.
86.5 % voters in all the above states are deprived of paper audit trail machines used to enhance transparency. No preservation of secrecy.
Hence no “Leveraging Technology for Transparent and Credible Elections”, which stressed that secrecy of voting will be zealously preserved even in this system.
Nostradamus! — Rightly Predicted the Outcome of the May 2014 General Elections in Indool’s Paradise. Hacke hay in May!
The trend continued and still continues in all the elections just in favour of Murderer of democratic institutions (Modi)

Over a billion cuckoos cackle, cry and crap in India.

It
is a nation where intelligence rules in closed quarters, idiocy in the
open. Just like the open toilets under the benign gaze of Mother
Nature — there are more cell phones than toilets in India, a survey
reports. Oh! the average Indian retorts — and, then, goes on to do
“business” as usual, sitting on the haunches, as sorry-assed as
before — or sorts.
We are an indifferent,
intelligently inclined idiocy — oops! democracy, We make gods out of
mud, then, prostrating before them, we remain, as before, a dud. And,
some times, in the name of our fancied little god and his glory, my
motherland’s favorite sons also kill each other, with the deep ingrained
vigor of all our bestial ancestry, and like a whiff of wind are
gone — dead.

Lest it becomes confusing, let’s say it
as it is — we Indians, like every other human being, are truly one
really, really queer kin of apes. In some fields, ahead of others and
beyond compare; in other areas, we are as silly and supercilious as a
bull-hounded mare. In a nutshell, Indians, at least in the loftier
mystical and evolved spiritual circles “get” some things well — like
higher metaphysics — while failing miserably, simplistically, in simple,
elementary physics.

After all,
who in one’s right mind would yet allow the use of absolutely
antiquated, completely out-dated, easily hack-able and highly
tamper-able “high school technology” based, obsolete EVMs (electronic
voting machines) in national elections, even now — in 2014?

More
than 80 democracies in the world have simply done away with them,
dumping them in the trash, or simply declared the usage of this
simplistic voting system susceptible to fraud, and hence declaring the
same as illegal — as the Supreme Courts of Germany and Holland indeed
have done. Even Japan, from where EVMs originated, has long abandoned
its rogue babies, and is using paper ballot system since then. All the
advanced democracies in the West, except the most dull-headed ones, have
reverted to a voter verifiable system or the ballot paper. In Canada,
even at the ,most basic school level, ballot paper voting is in use.

Last
year, the Supreme Court of India, having been convinced of an
undeniable, edible possibility of EVMs getting tampered with and that
easily hacked — even from afar — had ordered the imbecilic Election
Commission and the indolent Government of India to provide about 1600
crore (1600, 0000000) rupees — convert this into your respective
currency! — for manufacturing these VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit
Trail) voting machines; which show a verifiable paper receipt to the
voter.
This is the Fundamental Right of a citizen of
India, as per the laws laid down by the Constitution. However, recent
newspaper reports tell us that only 20, 000 such voting machines have
been provided for the entire country in this, 2014 election! India has
29 states now — with Telagana being the latest. In most of them,
depending upon their size etc., either about 400 VVPAT machines are
being deployed, or some such similar ridiculous number — more or
less — has been made available in the length and breadth of the country.
It’s an asinine, bland, cruel, demeaning joke we 1.25 billion jokers
have been “blessed” with by the powers that be.

All “patriotic” hackers of our motherland are going to make hay in May!

As
to how EVMs can be hacked into, tampered with, and results favorably
manipulated via software interference and other means — from near and
from far, far away — this can easily be found by anybody by just going
to Google etc. and filling “EVM HACKING, TAMPERING” or
something to this effect in the Search. And lo, behold! a plethora of
information will just overwhelm your overly chilled-out, lesser
employed, un-billed brains.

However,
the only solace for us naive fools is that quite a few unscrupulous
politicians and every other most “honorable” political party worthy of
its “salt”, would surely be playing this comic-tragic game of hacking
into and hijacking the votes of a billion people! Thus, one who
outsmarts the other such fine folks, armed with their hacking forks in
this merry-go-around, will win.

The
rest — this or that “tsunami” or wave in favor of one or the other, poll
forecasts and the “newbie”, the over enthused, seeming game changers in
the making — well, they may well fall flat on their dumb faces, if not
on their smart asses.

That the Supreme Court of India
too, while passing the order of putting new VVAT voting machines in use
in a “phased manner”, has unwittingly shirked its duty. In fact, it
committed a grave error of judgment. Perhaps dealt a fatal blow to
Indian democracy. It should have ordered, as a caution, that till the
time this newer set of about 1300ooo voting machines is manufactured in
full and so deployed throughout India, ballot paper system would be
brought in. No such precautionary measure was decreed by the apex court.
Well,
crib all you want. But don’t cry, my dear countrymen. After all, the
same model of EVMs is yet very much in use in South Africa, Bangla Desh,
Bhutan, Nepal, Nigeria, Venezuela etc. These poor folks of the said
“non-techy” countries — millions of them — too cannot figure out as to
what the hell had, yet is happening, in their dear short-circuited
“developed” democracies. Nor will you.

Don’t worry, be happy! You are not alone “out there”.

Oh,
by the way, the somewhat notorious lawyer who had brought in this
case — of the present lot of EVMs being tamper-able and hack-able — and,
who, had successfully fought it so, forcing the Supreme Court to order
the installation of a fail-safe voting mechanism (of Voter Verifiable
Paper Audit machines replacing the susceptible earlier Electronic Voting
Machines) to ensure a free and fair electoral process in India — well,
this oh-so-very honorable fellow too has fallen silent, like a demure
maiden. This most vociferous gentleman had openly declared on social
websites, especially Twitter, that in case VVPAT machines do not get
installed in time for 2014 elections, then, there would be a
“constitutional crisis” — putting it out there like an Indian
“pehalwan”, a la WWW wrestler, that he would challenge the same in the
apex court. He had most emphatically underlined he would ensure that
either the new fail-safe voting machines or the old time-tested paper
ballot system will be put in use during this general election in India.
However, recently, when asked specifically on Twitter about this
matter — as to what this lovely man is doing or is going to do about
this impending doomsday electoral scenario — there was a deafening
silence from his side. May be owing to the fact that since the Supreme
Court judgement late last year, this self-righteous rightist has joined
the ultra-rightist political bandwagon.

The latter has
been projected by pollsters to overwhelmingly sweep these
elections — as a direct result of the doings of the monstrous public
relations firm hired from the land of the let-it-be, oops! free. This
US firm is the same that was used fruitfully by President Bush and
Hillary Clinton for their respective political campaigns. It has — let
there be no doubt about it — successfully projected its client as the
potential winner and the next numero uno in Indian politics.

What
the majority of the Indians have missed in fine print is that the
outgoing Chief Minister of the state of Rajasthan, in the last year
elections, had officially filed a complaint with the election commission
that the EVMs used in his state were pre-programmed and tampered
with — and that the same had come from the state of which this presently
hyped-up future Prime Minister of India, is the current Chief Minister.
Now, the lawyer who had gone to the dogs to awaken India and the rest
of the world about the mischief and malfeasance possible with the old
model of EVMs — and had in fact written a book on this subject — is in a
wink-wink deep-throat “smadhi”. A silence that speaks truths we dumb
billion idiots on this part of slippery earth cannot fathom. Perhaps
it’s a precursor of the things to come.

Let us hope
the jolly good hackers of this-that party screw-up each other’s
devilish, outright evil plans. In a dog eat dog political crap pit we
hapless billion creatures have to walk through every election, maybe
this time the ape sitting by the side — the wide-eyed hopeful citizen of
India — at least gets a tiny part of the apple pie this messy hacking
cat fight will leave behind, on the side lanes. Perhaps these little
crumbs will be enough for us to stay afloat. though not gloat.

In a nutshell, simply put, whosoever “out-hacks” the other, will win.

Then
again, we are an ancient civilization of more than 33, 0000000 gods and
goddesses — some civilized, others not so civil. Let’s hope one of
these fancied deities has a soft corner for us dumbos. Otherwise, we are
going to get screwed. A billion times over.

Therefore,
I made doubly sure I did not vote. I sat on my ass on voting day — not
that I don’t do so everyday. This voting day, I absolutely did. Not only
figuratively and metaphorically, but literally. I may have many buts in
life, but at least today I have a little sore, yet not so sorry a butt.
We are a fool’s paradise.

Long live the banana republic of India!

https://www.ndi.org/e-voting-guide/secrecy

The secrecy of the vote is seen as one of the fundamental principles required in the conduct of democratic elections. Failure to secure the secrecy of the vote opens the possibility for voters to prove how they have voted, facilitating voter coercion and vote buying. Both of these practices undermine the free expression of the will of the voter and the possibility for election results to reflect the will of the voters.

If implemented properly, the paper-based system of voting effectively protects the secrecy of the vote. In the case of electronic counting, the same protections that currently exist for the hand counting of paper ballots should be applied. Electronic voting, however, introduces a number of additional ways secrecy can be violated. Voting machines record the choices cast on them by voters, and these votes may be recorded in the order in which they are cast with a time stamp. This means if someone knows the order in which voters cast their ballots on a voting machine or the time at which a voter cast their ballot and has access to the record of voting on the machine, they could determine the choices made by each voter.

Appropriate procedures restricting access to logged transactions on the voting machine would reduce this threat to the secrecy of the vote. In countries that have experienced authoritarian trends, these issues are likely to generate suspicions among citizens concerning breaches of ballot secrecy, and extra steps may be required to establish public confidence.

Other developments with electronic voting machines are increasing the threat to the secrecy of the vote. While the VVPAT is a vital tool in building confidence in the use of electronic voting machines and in providing an audit mechanism, it can also be implemented in such a way as to undermine the secrecy of the vote. Some VVPAT systems have a roll of paper on which the voter’s choices are printed. As the choices are printed sequentially, this can be used with the order in which voters cast their ballots on the voting machine to determine the content of each person’s vote. Access to the paper audit trail cannot be restricted in the same way as with electronic records on voting machines, since the audit trail is meant to be taken out and checked against the electronic record of the voting machine.

However, not all VVPAT systems function in this way. Some voting machine paper audit trails operate a cut-and-drop system where the printed vote is cut from the roll of paper and drops into an internal ballot box within the voting machine. This ensures that audit records are randomized in the same way as placing a paper ballot into a physical ballot box.

A potential, final challenge to the secrecy of the vote from electronic voting machines comes from the most recent developments with voting machines, whereby the machines also conduct voter identification. Most voting machines still rely on a physical process for voter identification and authentication, with polling staff checking voter names against a voter list separate from the voting machine. This means voter identification data and vote data are held in completely separate processes (the former through a manual process and the latter through an electronic process), which are never linked in any way, making it impossible to link voting data to the voter.

More recent voting machines are also fulfilling the function of voter identification and authentication. This identification can be by simply entering an ID number or passcode for the voter, or it can be through the voting machine scanning a biometric attribute of the voter and identifying them from a list of approved voters. Clearly, when the voting machine identifies the voter, it possesses both pieces of information required to break the secrecy of the vote and could retain the link between the two.

Technical solutions are readily available to ensure it is not possible to link voter data with the value of their vote. However, EMBs will need to adequately address concerns by stakeholders that this link is still maintained and that the secrecy of the vote is not violated.

While challenges related to the secrecy of the vote with electronic voting machines can be resolved, it is important that electoral stakeholders are cognizant of them and take all necessary steps to ensure the secrecy of the vote when considering the use of voting machines. At the same time, observers should evaluate whether any aspect of the process might challenge this fundamental principle.

https://www.ndi.org/e-voting-guide/legal-and-procedural-framework

Legal and Procedural Framework

The use of electronic voting and counting technologies should be defined in the legal framework. This process can take a considerable amount of time, particularly since key legal provisions are incorporated at the legislative level (i.e., in constitutions and electoral laws) as well as the regulatory level. Amendments should, at a minimum, address the following: physical and procedural aspects of voting or counting processes; testing and certification; audit mechanisms and conduct; status of audit records versus electronic records; transparency mechanisms; data security and retention; voter identification; and access to source code. The process of developing amendments should involve input from electoral stakeholders, including political parties and civil society.
In order to properly implement electronic voting or counting technologies, the use of these technologies needs to not only be in compliance with the constitutional and legal provisions relating to elections and the general conduct of public affairs, but must also be defined in the legal framework for elections. The legal framework includes the constitution, if there is one, the laws relating to elections, and the secondary legislation (such as regulations, rules and procedures often passed by electoral management bodies).

While constitutions rarely say anything specific about electronic voting or counting technologies, they may include general provisions that are relevant to the use of these technologies. Germany provides a good example of this (see Figure 11 below for more details), with the German Constitutional Court deciding in 2009 that the electronic voting machines used in Germany did not comply with general transparency requirements for the electoral process established in the constitution.

In addition to ensuring that suggested technology solutions are in compliance with the constitutional framework of a country, consideration should also be given to whether suggested solutions meet international standards, including emerging standards for the use of electronic voting and counting technologies. Election officials and lawmakers may wish to study other countries’ experiences when considering whether to adopt such technologies.
Primary and secondary legislation will inevitably need to be amended in order to accommodate the use of electronic voting and counting technologies. It is important that key legal provisions relating to the use of electronic voting or counting system are included at a legislative level so that the use of these technologies is not entirely legislated at the regulatory level. The necessary amendments to the electoral legal framework will vary depending on the technology being implemented but should cover, at a minimum, the issues listed below:

    •    Physical Aspects of the Voting or Counting Process – The use of electronic voting or counting machines will entail changes to the procedure for the setup and conduct of voting and/or counting. For example, when direct-recording electronic voting machines are used, there is no ballot box to prepare and seal. The common practice of displaying the empty physical ballot box before polling starts does have a comparable procedure for electronic voting or counting machines; a display demonstrating that no ballots have been stored is conducted for observers at the beginning of the process. Some of the procedures relating to the setup and conduct of voting and/or counting may be in the election law(s) or may be in secondary legislation, and both will need to be reviewed and amended to accommodate the setup and use of electronic voting or counting technologies.

    •    Procedural Aspects of the Voting and Counting Process – The timeline for the preparation of the voting or counting systems should be clearly outlined, as should details of how the system is to be operated, who is allowed access to it during elections, how equipment should be stored between elections and how access to equipment in storage should be regulated and reported.

    •    Testing and Certification of Technologies – Electronic voting and counting technologies clearly need to be tested before they are used. While any responsible election management body would ensure that sufficient testing of such technologies takes place before they are used for elections, it may be useful to guarantee that testing takes place and specify the kinds of testing to be conducted by including these requirements in the law or in secondary legislation. Likewise, if there is a process of formal certification of electronic voting and counting technologies, this should be included in the law as well. The law should also clearly identify the institutions with the authority to provide this certification, the timeframe for certification and the standards and requirements against which certification will take place.

    •    Audit Mechanisms – The need for audit mechanisms for electronic voting and counting technologies is an emerging international standard. In order to ensure that this standard is met, the requirement for an audit trail should be included in the law. The nature of the audit mechanisms may also be specified if relevant — for example, any requirement for a voter-verifiable audit trail often used with electronic voting machines.

    •    Conduct of Audits – Audits should be conducted in order to generate trust in the use of electronic voting or counting machines and to ensure that these technologies function correctly. Many different kinds of audits can be conducted, including audits of the results, audits of internal logs, audits of storage and access to devices, and so on. The law should clearly identify which audits are to be implemented, when such audits are to take place and the scale of the audits. In addition to requiring audits, which should be provided irrespective of whether there are any electoral challenges, the law should also identify conditions under which recounts are to take place.

    •    Status of Audit Records Versus Electronic Records – In the event that the conduct of an audit determines a different result than is produced electronically by an electronic voting or counting machine, the law should specify how to deal with the situation.

    •    Transparency Mechanisms – The use of electronic voting and counting machines entails the conduct of existing electoral procedures in different ways, as well as the conduct of new stages in the electoral process (for example, the configuration of electronic voting machines). In the interest of transparency, appropriate procedures will need to be developed to ensure that political actors and observers have access to these different and new processes so that they can provide meaningful oversight of the process. These transparency measures should be clearly defined in the legal framework so that observers and party representatives understand and can utilize their access rights.

    •    Data Security and Retention – It is unlikely that existing laws and procedures adequately cover the issue of electronic data security when using electronic voting or counting machines. The way in which all electoral data is secured and stored will need to be provided for in the legal framework, as will the timeframe and procedures for deletion of the electronic data, and these provisions must be in accordance with existing data protection legislation.

    •    Voter Identification – If identification/authentication is being incorporated into the electronic voting process, then this may require legislation, whether using biometrics or making mandatory a particular form of machine-readable ID. In such cases it is essential that the secrecy of the vote be protected through de-linking the vote and the identity of the voter.

    •    Access to Source Code – It may be prudent to legislate whether source code is open source or not, in addition to legislating the mechanisms for any access by stakeholders.
Many of these issues are covered in greater detail later in this part of the guide, and the intention here is to identify the issues that are relevant for inclusion in order to properly legislate for the use of electronic voting or counting technologies.

It is clear from the preceding discussion that adapting the legal framework for the use of electronic voting or counting technologies will entail considerable amendments to laws and secondary legislation. Electoral stakeholders must be involved in the development of these legislative and regulatory amendments. Initially, political parties and observers should be consulted on the ways in which the legislation needs to be changed, especially from a transparency and oversight perspective. Once legislation is passed, the election management body will need to fully brief political parties, the media and civil society on the changes that have been made.

https://www.ndi.org/e-voting-guide/examples/constitutionality-of-electronic-voting-germany

The Constitutionality of Electronic Voting in Germany

After a largely successful trial period spanning from 1998 to 2005, two citizens challenged the constitutionality of electronic voting before the German Constitutional Court. Though the public generally viewed the voting system in a favorable manner throughout the trial period, the actual legality of the technology was not fully assessed in advance of implementation.

Germany piloted its first electronic voting machines, supplied by the Dutch company NEDAP, in Cologne in 1998. The trial was seen as successful, and one year later Cologne used electronic voting machines for its entire European Parliament elections. Soon other cities followed suit, and by the 2005 general election nearly 2 million German voters were using these NEDAP machines to cast votes. Reaction to the use of these electronic voting machines was generally very positive among voters, who found the machines to be easy to use, and among election administrators, who were able to reduce the number of polling stations and staff in each polling station.
However, after the 2005 election, two voters brought a case before the German Constitutional Court after unsuccessfully raising a complaint with the Committee for the Scrutiny of Elections. The case argued that the use of electronic voting machines was unconstitutional and that it was possible to hack the voting machines, thus the results of the 2005 election could not be trusted.

The German Constitutional Court upheld the first argument, concurring that the use of the NEDAP voting machines was unconstitutional. The Court noted that, under the constitution, elections are required to be public in nature and that all essential steps of an election are subject to the possibility of public scrutiny unless other constitutional interests justify an exception . . . The use of voting machines which electronically record the voters’ votes and electronically ascertain the election result only meets the constitutional requirements if the essential steps of the voting and of the ascertainment of the result can be examined reliably and without any specialist knowledge of the subject . . . The very wide-reaching effect of possible errors of the voting machines or of deliberate electoral fraud make special precautions necessary in order to safeguard the principle of the public nature of elections.30
Making it clear that the court’s decision did not rule out the use of voting machines in principle, it stated that:
The legislature is not prevented from using electronic voting machines in elections if the possibility of a reliable examination of correctness, which is constitutionally prescribed, is safeguarded. A complementary examination by the voter, by the electoral bodies or the general public is possible for example with electronic voting machines in which the votes are recorded in another way beside electronic storage.

This decision by the German Constitutional Court, stressing the need for transparency in the electoral process without specialist technical knowledge, effectively ended Germany’s recent use of electronic voting. Although the Court decision does not rule out electronic voting machines entirely, no further moves to adopt machines that meet the transparency requirements have been made.