Thursday, August 13, 2009

EVM: no paper trail; EC Chairman cites secrecy doctrine.

aug 13th, 2009

reminds me of the dog in the manger: "we won't consider how EVMs can be manipulated, and we won't give you guys a few to demonstrate. you have to show, via action at a distance and extra-sensory perception, that EVMs can be tampered with".

talk of setting up impossible and ludicrous hurdles!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: S. Kalyanaraman
Date: Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Subject: EVM: no paper trail; EC Chairman cites secrecy doctrine.
To:


EVM: no paper trail; EC Chairman cites secrecy doctrine. Isn't EC a
creature of the citizens' will?

Does secrecy over-ride accountability of a functionary under the
constitution? EVM is a mystery wrapped in electronics which an
ordinary voter has reason to mistrust.

What is the objective of an election? Counting peoples' will. If the
count is flawed, the democracy is rendered meaningless by the EC.

Paper trail is needed to make the EC accountable and to audit the
accuracy of the count by the machine.

k

EVMs are tamper-proof: Election Commission

STAFF WRITER 19:0 HRS IST

Mumbai, Aug 13 (PTI) In the backdrop of allegations by certain
political parties that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) could be
hacked, the Election Commission today said EVMs were and are tamper
proof.

"In the view of the Election Commission, EVMs were and are tamper
proof. Nobody has been able to demonstrate that they can be tampered
with," Chief Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla told reporters here.

On the demand by some parties for paper printouts of ballots, Chawla
said "we believe a paper trail would foil the essence of democracy,
which is secrecy of individual ballot, and it would be seriously
compromised."

"The whole purpose of democracy is that individuals' preference must
be secret and it is the whole pillar of free, fair and transparent
election process," he said.

http://www.ptinews.com/news/228283_EVMs-are-tamper-proof--Election-Commission

http://sites.google.com/site/hindunew/electronic-voting-machines

1 comment:

M. Patil said...

Naveen Chawla said:

"we believe a paper trail would foil the essence of democracy,
which is secrecy of individual ballot, and it would be seriously
compromised."


Liar, liar pants on fire!
I think EC+Congress combine found a winning combination. Unless BJP and other parties jointly fight against fascist EC, they can kis winning elections good bye.

M.Patil