First step is always difficult , haunted by doubts of
possible failure
It is like Tinker Bell ( of Peter Pan ) flying on “
wings of faith “- wings sprinkled with stardust
But Telengana State Election Commission ( SEC ) seems
to have dared to take that first step by launching FACIAL RECOGNITION
technology for voters during elections for Municipality at Kompally ( Medchal Malkajgiri
District )
Today’s Times of India carries following report :
Extract :
The use of the new technology
entails a polling official verifying a voter’s ID proof using a smartphone, and
then taking his / her photo
The voter’s photo is then
uploaded on a server, using “ face recognition app “
This image is then tallied
with the photo on the voters’ list
If the image is tallied
successfully, a green mark appears on the smart phone, stating he / she is a
genuine voter
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Some 7 years ago, I suggested that we change over to a Mobile App based voting in :
VotesApp ,
where I suggested ,
“ Vote will get recorded only when that
Voter takes a Selfie - which will get matched automatically , with his Aadhar
Card photo “
A few years later , in my following blog / email , I had suggested
that this change-over should be done in following phases :
[ source : One Nation , One Vote ? / 29 Nov 2016 ]
AWARENESS CREATION PHASE { Now - March 2017 }
OPINION GATHERING PHASE { 18 - 19 - 20th Apr 2017 }
CONSENSUS GENERATION PHASE { May 2017 }
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE { 20 April 2019 }
I followed up by sending following blogs/emails to NDA Ministers
/ Secretaries / MPs / MLAs :
# One Poll
, One Time ( 06 Sept 2016 )
# One Day Polling
is possible
( 31 Mar
2016 )
# Honey ! I
shrunk the EVM ( 21 Oct 2015 )
# ROMP - A Panacea ? ( 06 Aug 2015 )
# Filtering
Candidate Information ? ( 18 Sept 2016 )
# Advantage
Incumbent ? ( 05 Sept 2016 )
# How
to Save Rs 5511 crore ? ( 12 Dec 2015 )
# A
Software Powerhouse ? ( 24 April 2014 )
What Kompally has pulled off may be regarded as a “ Small Step for Telengana
“
Could it, some day lead to country-wide adoption of VotesApp , a
“ Giant Leap for India “ ?
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24 Jan 2020
hcp@recruitGuru.com
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