Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Wednesday, 12 February 2020

From “ Lost Votes “ to “ Remote Votes “ ?





Why not ? – says Shri Sunil Arora ( Chief Election Commissioner )


Context :

Extract :

Ø  in the 2019 elections, 300 million voters did not exercise their franchise. That’s a third of India’s 900 million voters. Some were probably not engaged enough to vote, but a vast majority possibly could not vote because they were far away from where they were registered as voters

Ø  In a series of articles, TIO had looked at solutions to “ Lost Votes “ – most experts agreed the answer lay in technology

Ø  On Wednesday, Arora said that the EC is working with the Indian Institute of Technology , Chennai, to develop a BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM that will allow voters registered in any part of the country to exercise their franchise even after they move cities

Ø  Since many move only temporarily, it makes little sense for them to go through the hassle of registering as voters in their new place of residence

Ø  Arora said he was hopeful that the BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM would be put in place during his tenure {  June 2021 ?  }

Ø  He also said a proposal to link VOTER IDs with AADHAR, pending wit the Ministry of Law, would be on the agenda during the EC’s February 18 deliberations on ELECTORAL REFORMS, with the Ministry

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Moral of the Story :
Just doggedly persevere . Never give up . Never say die !


Proof :
For more than 7 years , I have been sending emails to the Cabinet Ministers – Election Commission – NITI Aayog etc, to introduce a mobile-based voting app called ,


VotesApp                                                         [ 18 Dec 2012 ]


I followed up this email, with the following 24 emails :

2020
#   First Step to VotesApp ?                               [24 Jan 2020 ]

2019

#  VVPAT ? How about EVBAT ?                           [ 28 Mar 2019 ]

#  Dark Side of Democracy                                  [ 08 Jan 2019 ]

 

2018

#  Americans call it “ Voatz “                                13 Aug 2018 ]

#  Where is the need ?                                         [ 05 Apr 2018 ]

#  Block Chain for Voting ?                                   [ 11 Mar 2018 ]

# Thank You, Shri Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay          [ 19 Feb 2018 ]

# Simultaneous Polling                                         [ 22 Jan 2018 ]

 

2017

# Poll Reforms : Time for a Consensus                  [ 21 Aug 2017 ]

# A Blue Print for VotesApp ?                               [ 25  Apr  2017 ]

# Electoral Reforms Capsule : A Bitter Pill ?           05  Feb  2017 ]

 

2016

# Reforming Elections and Lok Sabha                    [ 20 Dec 2016 ]

#  One Nation , One Vote ?                                   [ 29 Nov 2016 ]


#  Filtering  Candidate  Information ?                     [18  Sept  2016 ]

#  One Poll  ,  One  Time                                       06 Sept  2016 ]

#  Advantage  Incumbent  ?                                   05  Sept  2016 ]

#   ROMP :  A Panacea ?                                         [ 06  Aug  2016 ]

#  The Greatest Reform ?                                        12  June  2016 ]

 

#   One Day Polling is possible                                 [31  Mar  2016 ]

 



2015

#  How  to  Save  Rs  5511  crore  ?                           [12  Dec  2015 ]

#  Honey ! I shrunk  the  EVM                                    [21  Oct  2015 ]


2014

#  All   Seasons  are  Election  Seasons                       [ 22 May 2014 ]

#  A  Software  Powerhouse  ?                                    24  Apr  2014 ]
#  Sun  Never  Sets                                                    [ 01  Apr 2014 ] 

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For this bold decision, I congratulate :

Ø  Shri Narendra Modiji
Ø  Shri RaviShankar Prasadji
Ø  Shri Sunil Aroraji
>  Times of India
Ø  Hon. Supreme Court

And , I thank them for listening to the suggestion of an ordinary citizen


I urge readers of this blog / email , to persevere if they want society to change for the better


There is no failure greater than “ not trying “


कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन । मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भुर्मा ते संगोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥


You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty. - Bhagavad Gita, Chapter II, Verse 47
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13  Feb  2020
hcp@RecruitGuru.com

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