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EC rejects BJP charge about EVM malfunction

New Delhi: Rejecting BJP's charge of malfunctioning of the electronic voting machines (EVMs), the Election Commission tonight said it was satisfied about their foolproof working and it would consider measures to clear the apprehensions of political parties. "The EC is amply satisfied about the non-tampera ....Read more

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Thank you for appreciation. By: Twentysecond Century | Tuesday , 7 Jul '09 16:34:43 PM Reply | Forward I agree it is expensive, Some of you have backup plan to support this. Budget 2009 assigned 120 Crores for biometric ID and also donations to Electoral trusts to get 100% deduction in computation of tax of the donor, What more do we need? Let's donate for the good cause and remove these parasites who have been coming to power by rigging booths in the name of humanity, religion, and poverty. Well the world is gone beyond 22nd century and we still sit in 18th century, still have pebbled roads that Roman's built in their era centuries ago. Go to a village we see huts, lamps and pebbled roads. There is no need to fight over these useless political parties, these are time tested barbarians who dwell on blood of poor Indians. We must elect the best party that would lead us into next century. TECHNOLOGY IS THE ANSWER TO KILL THESE ILLITERATE PARASITES. WE MUST LOOK FOR FRESH HORIZON PARTY in the next five years. NO CONGRESS, NO BJP. TIME TO CHANGE AND REINVENT WHEEL.

EVMs can be tampered.By: shanthanu | Monday , 6 Jul '09 18:08:08 PM Reply | Forward Why should Omesh Saigal who has written a letter to Election Commission be asked to demonstrate in public how it is possible to tamper with the EVMs. If he proves, it should be accepted. If not rejected. Instead EC is quoting court ruling which cannot be the basis for a technological solution. And so many people calling names for those who have expressed their apprehensions after the report is uncalled for.

Response to Twentysecond Century..By: Guruji | Monday , 6 Jul '09 18:04:15 PM Reply | Forward Twentysecond Century.. what brilliant idea dude! It is going to cost a fortune but I am sure it is worth it. The whole system that you have suggested can even be developed as a package and sold to other nations. There is not doubt such a a system will be appreciated by any democratic country in the world. I fully agree with your suggestions as much as I disagree with the words of Mr. Advani who wants, as in everything, to move one step backward and re-introduce the ballot paper mechanism (so that his pet thugs can have a good time subverting the democratic system in the name of Hinduism).

EVM - BJPBy: Neduncheziyan | Monday , 6 Jul '09 17:20:48 PM Reply | Forward If BJP and Comunists won this election, there is no problem for EVM but they failed, there is problem in the EVM. They are taking like school children. Even Weak no no strong Advaniji and Gunda no no saint Modiji own their seats EVM working very very good and loosing election, the same EVM working very very bad. Once the vicket fax say the grapes are not good because its too high.

Pakistan ki aulaad Bharat ko bhi banaega Swatwala Pakistan.By: DR.STRIPPED CHOR | Monday , 6 Jul '09 16:23:07 PM Reply | Forward Sanghi and al-qaida like talibans are liars they are stripped searched when so ever they visit any foreign country no one has any kind of trust in them. Even the liar Advani and his coffin-in-law George Fernandes get stripped searched on their trips abroad. How could we the people of this country inject these sorts of petrol pump liars to represent us Hindus in our parliament, because they cannot even represent themselves.

22nd CenturyBy: Twentysecond Century | Monday , 6 Jul '09 16:19:57 PM Reply | Forward We live in 22nd Century, the EVM should incorporate Fingerprint scanning with ID, Retina scanning and upload to a common database online connected to a central server with Firewall and VPN (168 Bit encryption). The server side database will store the data, check for repetition and then give OK to the voter for casting his/her vote. With this system the vote will also be counted simultaneously. The result can be published online and also on same day. Also, the EVM can generate and issue the voter a magnetic/chip embedded plastic voted card this can be used as permanent ID for this Indian national country wide. Further, if there are "n" EVM online, you can monitor which EVM goes offline at any given point of time. In remote locations you can connect the EVM's through satellite or Wireless networks or on Broad band connections. It will be better to go for satellite links else they will rig the telephone polls.

Cost !!!By: Saibaskar | Tuesday , 7 Jul '09 8:08:35 AM Reply | Forward Good suggestion but what about the cost? Government can afford that sort of money only if all Indian black money in Swiss bank is brought back and that will not happen for another 5 years thanks atleast partly for the EVM for ensuring that.

Cost !!!By: Saibaskar | Tuesday , 7 Jul '09 8:08:21 AM Reply | Forward Good suggestion but what about the cost? Government can afford that sort of money only if all Indian black money in Swiss bank is brought back and that will not happen for another 5 years thanks atleast partly for the EVM for ensuring that.

Not acceptableBy: Called Indian | Monday , 6 Jul '09 14:07:26 PM Reply | Forward EC's explanation is not acceptable.It is their duty to find out the correct method of voting in which only BJP should be able tamper.Of course, they can try to put in a program in the EVM itself to meet their demand.

BJP Go to hell...By: Guruji | Monday , 6 Jul '09 14:03:05 PM Reply | Forward For a month, the whole world watch with awe as the elections were conducted in India. Many of the leading newspapers in the world carried out how a supposedly backward nation like India is using latest technologies to conduct the largest democratic exercise on the planet. Indophobes around the world squirmed and jumped like eggs boiling in a bowl as the EVMs become one more example of an Indian ingenuity that did not fit into their stereotyped impression about India. Now some morons from BJP want to discredit all of that... All because they lost the elections and got the beatings that they deserved.. Why don't these morons just go to hell..

"Sanghis... who are being proud know this"By: Abdul Sattar | Monday , 6 Jul '09 13:58:59 PM Reply | Forward Listen, I am clear in my mind that RSS is not my cup of tea. But if someone calls them anti-national, I feel he needs psychological help

MysteriousBy: Ram | Monday , 6 Jul '09 13:28:40 PM Reply | Forward All the TV channels have exactly predicted the poll outcome and the results are matching with their forecasts. TRUTH is the important weapon in the hands of GOD and anyone trying to tamper with truth will face the consequences. The manipulation of EVM is like a Football fully pumped with air (Hyping done by the TV channels) and the ball is pressed hard into a pond of water. The harder they try to suppress the TRUTH, the football filled with air will build it's counter force and untimately TRUTH will come to surface. You don't need to wait longer to know the EVM fraud and it will surface very soon.

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