EVMs are the best
The Election Commission is having
the working of the Electronic Voting Machines corroborated by a paper audit
trail. But funds will be required to
procure voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines for the 2019 Lok
Sabha election. As many as 16 lakh VVPAT machines will be required. Hence an
urgent release of funds is necessary.
There are enough
procedural and technical safeguards to prevent large-scale tampering or manipulation
of EVMs. Since 2006, elections have witnessed the use of upgraded EVMs — Model
2 machines. Model 3 machines produced after 2013 have additional features such
as tamper detection. The addition of the VVPAT
machine to the process is to allow for cross-checking of EVM results through a
paper audit.
Studies show the
introduction of EVMs has resulted in a drastic reduction in electoral fraud
(rigging, stuffing of ballot boxes, etc.) and allowed for greater voter
participation. The EVMs are cost-effective and less clumsy
for the Election Commission when conducting an Election. But, for the Voter,
the moment he / she presses the button, doubts arise in their minds as to what
has been exactly registered. So long as the Election process is suspected of
lack of transparency and genuineness, it will tell upon the confidence of the
Nation in the institution of Democracy. It will have far reaching consequences
in a vast and complex Nation like ours.
Even when ballot papers
were used, allegations of booth-capturing, snatching of ballot boxes and many
other violent attacks were common. The EVMs too have some weakness
Proceeding with high
technicality, the government initiatives of UID (aadhar) could be well used for
voting purpose also. Each and every individual possessing aadhar card have
marked their fingerprints and the fingerprint data is readily available with
the government. The data could be used to match the voter identity and nothing
fairer could be done than tracking the record of every voter. This would
automatically reduce a number of issues such as vote tampering, vote duplicacy
etc. and a voter would be entitled by system to cast his vote only once. This
would eventually bring in other benefits like cost saving on vote ink, and it would
not even require an individual to carry his ID. Just come and finger press your
vote.
EVM's are the best to
conduct election with the least possible irregularities.
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