Free and fair elections form the foundation of democracy in any democratic society. The public representatives who come out of elections are the ones who are responsible for the administration and smooth functioning of the government. They are responsible for the work done by the government and the decisions taken by the government because they are the government themselves.
If elections happen in a way that they can be easily manipulated then wrong people take over the government. Since they are the lawmakers they would make laws that would benefit them. Since people are going to have no say they won't give any importance to them. In short democracy will cease to exist.
In the vidhansabha elections of Punjab,.Goa, UP the results surprised everyone, specially in Punjab where is was known to all that AAP will win. However tricks happened with the Indian Electronic Voting Machines that changed the results.
The EVM is actually a simple device that is designed to only keep a count of the total number of votes cast and how many votes are cast on which numbered candidate. As shown in the video link mentioned below it can be manipulated by simply changing the motherboard which takes around 90 sec.
If elections happen in a way that they can be easily manipulated then wrong people take over the government. Since they are the lawmakers they would make laws that would benefit them. Since people are going to have no say they won't give any importance to them. In short democracy will cease to exist.
In the vidhansabha elections of Punjab,.Goa, UP the results surprised everyone, specially in Punjab where is was known to all that AAP will win. However tricks happened with the Indian Electronic Voting Machines that changed the results.
The EVM is actually a simple device that is designed to only keep a count of the total number of votes cast and how many votes are cast on which numbered candidate. As shown in the video link mentioned below it can be manipulated by simply changing the motherboard which takes around 90 sec.
However there is a workaround the VVPAT machines, which prints a slip that shows the symbol and name of the party you voted for, as soon as you press the button, for seven seconds and then falls into a box can be used. In case of VVPAT machines the voters knows if his vote has gone to the right person or not. In case of wrong functioning of the VVPAT machine the voter can immediately report it to the authorities and get the machine replaced.
The recent Delhi Vidhansabha bypoll in Bawana constituency proves the point. Just four months ago AAP lost most of the municiple wards in Bawana because of EVM tampering. However the vidhansabhi bypoll was won by the AAP candidate. He got a over 45% of the votes that were cast. Many people simply did not vote because they thought that EVM tampering will lead to their going to the BJP but the VVPAT machines made sure that this did not happen.
In many countries, the most technologically developed ones like US, Japan, Germanay etc EVMs are banned because they can be easily hacked. One just hopes that the Bawana bypoll result becomes a solid case for VVPAT repoll of Delhi MCD, Punjab and Goa elections where most probably EVM tampering happened.
I sincerely hope that the nation never has to see another rigged election through EVMs again.
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