Presentation On Safeguarding Democracy

EVM safeguarding democracy Anupam Saraph, PhD, Democracy activist

democracy is a set of game rules that, in their gradual process towards perfection, independent individuals and organizations in a civil society seek to maximize their interests using transparent and nonviolent means @zuola

EVMs come to polling booths

People go to EVMs

2009 Lok Sabha Total EVM's used: 1.025 million Operational speed of EVMs: maximum of 5 votes per minute Number of votes one EVM can register: 3,840 Number of candidates an EVM can hold: maximum of 64

Is the vote in the box?

6th May 2009 10 days before polling was over files downloaded from ECI had votes polled data

16 th May 2009 When counting was over files downloaded from ECI had no votes polled data

How can EVM votes be guaranteed to be the peoples mandate?

How can the conductor of polls certify them to be free or fair?

How can the widening voting divide be bridged?

Receipts

Voter Receipts

Audits

Open-Architecture Audits

http://eci.gov.in/AuditTheElection

Access to vote numbers Access to voter ID Info on legitimate votes at each polling station Info on legitimate voters at a polling booth Info on legitimate votes polled at a polling station Access to candidate numbers Info on legitimate votes polled for each candidate at a polling station Access to polling officer ID

Bridge the voting divide

Take EVMs to people

45,000 ATMs 471 million mobile subscribers 127 million phones capable of internet access

45 million internet users 13 million DTH subscribers 37 million land line phones

675 million registered voters 380 million voted in 2009 Lok Sabha 828,804 polling stations in 2009 Lok Sabha

Lower costs!

Single Phase

EVM Safeguards Provide receipts Open- audits ubiquitous EVMs

democracy is a set of game rules that, in their gradual process towards perfection, independent individuals and organizations in a civil society seek to maximize their interests using transparent and nonviolent means @zuola

voting is a game of expression of interests where, in its gradual process towards perfection, independent individuals and organizations in a democracy seek to maximize their involvement using transparent and nonviolent means @anupamsaraph

2009 Lok Sabha Voter Receipts: none Conducting of Polls: Huge paraphernelia Certification of Polls: by conductor of polls Outreach: Huge Voting divide Cost: more than 10,000 crores

2009 Lok Sabha Not inspiring confidence or trust Non-transparent Controversial Poor participation Inconvenient and multi-phase

Next Lok Sabha Total EVM's used:472 million Operational speed of EVMs: unlimited votes per minute Number of votes one EVM can register: unlimited Number of candidates an EVM can hold: unlimited

Next Lok Sabha Voter Receipts: 2 part Conducting of Polls: no paraphernelia Certification of Polls: by anyone Outreach: to every voter Cost: fraction of previous

Next Lok Sabha Double-record accounting with receipt Highly transparent Third party independent open audits Easy polling with larger participation Safer, convenient single-phase polling

Presentation On Safeguarding Democracy

by Anupam Saraph on Feb 12, 2010

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