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Advani has doubts about EVM, wants ballot papers back

New Delhi: BJP leader L.K. Advani has demanded the reintroduction of ballot papers in elections, beginning with the Maharashtra Assembly elections in October, and three other states later this year. “We should revert to ballot papers unless the Election Commission is able to ensure that Electronic Voting ....Read more

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Advani's doubtsBy: Tarsem Mohan | Tuesday , 7 Jul '09 0:17:22 AM Reply | Forward I have closely watched the EVM's as Presiding Officer and as superviser in many elections. Rigging an election with Ballot paper is much easier than with an EVM. EVM is a very rugged and temper proof machine. Moreover if one malfunctions then it can be replaced by another one. I think Advani should concentrate more on policies of his party than those of Eelection commission otherwise EVMs or no EVMs it will be dooms-day for his pa(r)ty. Or he has another option-Quit.

Bad LoserBy: Anant | Monday , 6 Jul '09 18:43:16 PM Reply | Forward BJP is a bad loser. Advani instead of reading the writing on the wall that says "people of India reject religious and divisional politics" Mr Advani is blaming the EVMs. EC of India is an independent entity. Does Mr Advani want his VHP/RSS take control of EC or does he want his shiv Seniks to control the ballet papers? Shame on BJP and the old man Advani.

EVM RELIABILITYBy: N.V.SANKARAN | Monday , 6 Jul '09 12:32:48 PM Reply | Forward I think Mr. Advani has a point. However, we cannot rule out the possibility of any man-made machine malfunctioning. The solution will be to have proper and intensive quality inspection of each machine by expert technicians/engineers, instead of selecting samples from different lots and checking. While the electronic/mechanical problems can be minimized by proper quality checks and preventive maintenance, the man-made problems of booth capturing, EVM capturing and tampering with the EVMs can be prevented only by providing tight security. It would be too idealistic to presume that the EVMs are 100% tamper-proof. Since they are man-made, it can be tampered with by committed criminals like computer-hackers.

ADVANI KI ANTHIM ICHCHA:::::::::::PHIR SE NIKLEY LEKAR RICKSHAW-----ADVANI WANTS TO RIG BALLETS WITH HIS BAJRANGI GOONS?By: Bharti Engineer | Monday , 6 Jul '09 11:29:01 AM Reply | Forward THIS OLD MAN MUST RETIRE. FIRST HE WAS CONFUSED OVER HINDUTVA NOW OVER EVMS

EVM dependability.By: G.Vasudevan | Sunday , 5 Jul '09 21:01:18 PM Reply | Forward The problem of EVM malfunctioning or rigging can be verified very easily. Let an independent body of technical experts examine and analyse selected percentage of instruments and report back. Will the EC accept such a process?

mr.By: ashok lal | Sunday , 5 Jul '09 19:49:50 PM Reply | Forward One assumes the BJP led State Governments are in office based on results thrown up by these same electronic voting machines.

Irresposible statements on a great achievementBy: nagaraj | Sunday , 5 Jul '09 18:34:49 PM Reply | Forward Within 2 hours after start of counting, the whole world including the statement makers were aware what the final result will be. No other country has conducted a smoother election even when the contest was so close. In addition so many trees are saved for not using paper. It is surprising that even Election commision who got the machines validated by experts have not retorted. 'Doctoring' a million machines spread out the country where every party gets different sl.nos only a few days before elections,can only be done thro a satelite!. To settle this issue for ever,Election commision should handover some machines used to political parties to do research on their own and come out with their findings. It is sad a country's achievement is questioned by responsible politicians without substantiating their statements with valid proof and get away . This will only demotivate the innovaters who come up with great solutions for the problems ailing the country. JAI Bharat Mata ki.

FAKE GANDHI,FAKE QUALIFICATION AND NOW FAKE VICTORYBy: PK | Sunday , 5 Jul '09 16:33:06 PM Reply | Forward the Election Commission had entrusted the work of manufacturing EVMs to Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bangalore, and Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad.But according to her, these two companies had outsourced the manufacturing of microprocessors used in the EVMs to a foreign country in complete violation of the provisions of the Constitution.Nesargi said that neither the Parliament nor any constitutional authority had authorised the EC or the BEL/ECIL to outsource the manufacture of micro-processors.According to her, microprocessors lodged in the EVMs could be monitored with the help of a remote control; and in Nesargi’s view, this is what transpired in Bidar.

advani on electronic votingBy: thommen | Sunday , 5 Jul '09 14:02:49 PM Reply | Forward The bad carpenters always complain about the tools.

retiredBy: gopalrao | Sunday , 5 Jul '09 13:19:40 PM Reply | Forward No opposition parties are raising the issue of price increase on food items.

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