Congratulations, Dr Shashank Goelji,
[ Chief
Electoral Officer / ceo-telangana@eci.gov.in ]
A
major electoral reform of getting 900 million Indian Voters to vote using their
Smartphones, will depend upon the successful outcome of your experiment of
eVoting on 20 Oct . Although, opposition to use of EVM, has more or less
disappeared, we can expect any numbers of “ domain experts “ and political parties to cry, FOUL !
I am
sure, the technical soundness of your trial is beyond questioning , but I urge
you to spare no efforts in “ winning the trust “ of all
the stakeholders concerned , by inviting them to participate / observe the entire
process, TRANSPARENTLY , thereby winning a CONSENSUS
Wishing
you all luck,
With regards,
Hemen
Parekh /
hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 11
Oct 2021
Context :
Dry run of India’s first
smartphone-based e-voting in Telangana district on Oct 20 /
Indian Express
Extract
:
The Telangana government on Wednesday announced it was ready to
initiate the dry run of the country’s first smartphone-based e-voting system with a dummy election in the Khammam district.
Voters can register themselves on the smartphone-based application between
October 8 and 18, and the dummy
voting is to be held on October 20. The dry run is open for all citizens
of the district.
The technical development was guided by an expert committee
comprising Prof Rajat
Moona, (moona@iitk.ac.in
). director of IIT Bhilai and technical advisor to ECI, and
professors from IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi.
According to Jayesh
Ranjan,
( secy_itc@telangana.gov.in
/ jayesh_ranjan@hotmail.com )
- principal
secretary, (ITE&C department), artificial intelligence and blockchain are
two of the most versatile emerging technologies that already empower many of
Telangana’s GovTech projects. “We are glad to have supported Telangana State
Election Commission in this initiative of building an eVoting
solution for our citizens and especially those that may face challenges with
physical voting with or without Covid-19 pandemic. The support and confidence
of the election commission in such technologies is a testament to India’s
growing strength in the field.”
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Readers
interested in tracing my 9 YEAR old perseverance , may
compare following :
|
Feature |
My suggestion
: VotesApp
18 August
2013 / 18 Dec
2012
|
Dry run of India’s first
smartphone-based e-voting in Telangana district on Oct 20 / Indian Express 07 Oct 2021 TSEC eVote’ Android app |
|
Voting
Device |
Mobile
Phone |
Mobile
Phone |
|
Design |
Simple |
Minimal |
|
Language |
Not
suggested |
English
and Telugu |
|
Help |
Not
suggested |
tutorial
videos - helpline number |
|
Tempering
Prevention |
An
Android app which can be downloaded from Google Play / Android Zoom / GetJar
and the official web site of Election Commission of India All All tablet
/ smart phone manufacturers will be encouraged to pre-load VotesApp |
Ø
binds a device ID and phone number to a
specific citizen registration process Ø
same device can be used during voting |
|
Monitoring
/ Controlling |
Ø After login on first screen, user will be asked to select
one option from > Panchayat Election >
Municipal Election > State Assembly Election > Lok-Sabha Election Ø Upon selection, user will be presented with the list of
candidates contesting , from which , he can select only one by ticking a
checkbox. There will be also a choice , labeled “ None “ Ø A long press on a candidate’s name will display details
of his declared assets as also his criminal record Ø After ticking / selecting a candidate, voter will click
on “ VOTE “ button, whereupon his vote gets registered and
VotesApp gets inactivated Ø Once a voter registers on Election Commission web site ,
he cannot go to a polling booth and vote physically |
Ø
admin using a web
portal Ø
token-based decryption. |
|
Data
Storage |
|
entire
data will be stored in the state data centres (SDCs) |
|
Voter
Authentication |
Ø Using this app ,
a voter can register at Election Commission web site, where he will enter the
same data which he has submitted for his Aadhar card, including Aadhar card
number (Unique Identification No) All Ø All of these details will be verified by Aadhar database Ø Obviously , those who have not obtained their Aadhar card ,
will not be able to use VotesApp . They will need to visit nearest polling
booth Ø Upon correct verification , Aadhar Database will
permanently link the person’s Aadhar number with the mobile number from
which registration is done, and issue a Password Ø An under aged person will not be allowed to register Ø A person will be able to vote only from that mobile
number |
three-factor
authentication # Name Matching with Aadhaar, # Liveness Detection of Individual, and # Image Matching with EPIC Database (with up
to 15~20-year-old records). |
|
secure
the de-identified and encrypted votes |
|
Blockchain
(Distributed Ledger) technology, so that they are maintained as immutable
records |
|
|
|
|
32 E-MAILS ON THIS
SUBJECT DURING PAST 9 YEARS :
2021 ( 2 )
# Booth
App : Is that V 1.0 of VotesApp ?..................[ 09 Feb 2021 ]
# Lost
Votes : Congrats to Best Tech Minds………………….[ 29 Jan 2021 ]
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2020
# Vote
from “ Workplace” ? How about from “ Any place “ ?...[ 22 Dec 2020 ]
# How about “ Sandbox for Mobile Voting “ ? …………….[27 Nov 2020]
( for
controlled trial in one constituency
# First Step to VotesApp ? [24 Jan 2020 ]
(
Phase wise implementation schedule
# From “ Lost Votes “ to “ Remote Votes “
? [ 12 Feb 2020 ]
# Slow and Steady ? Way Democracy Works [ 12 Mar 2020 ]
# Analysis Needed : Paralysis Avoided………………… [13 Sept 2020 ]
( – my earlier E Mail to Prof Rajat
Moona
# 408 Km vertical distance OK ? ………………………… [ 01 Nov 2020 ]
( see Ballotted [ info@ballotted.com ]
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2019
#
100 % verification of VVPAT ? No problem ! [ 02 Apr 2019 ]
# VVPAT ? How about EVBAT ? [ 28 Mar 2019 ]
( leveraging
Blockchain Technology
# Dark Side of Democracy
[ 08 Jan 2019 ]
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2018
# Americans call it “ Voatz “ [ 13 Aug 2018 ]
( Blockchain app https://voatz.com/
# 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 ]
===============================================
# 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 ]
# 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 5,511 crore ?
[12 Dec 2015 ]
# Honey, I shrunk the EVM !
[21 Oct
2015 ]
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2014
# All seasons are election seasons [ 22 May 2014 ]
# A Software Powerhouse ? [ 24 Apr 2014 ]
- Eliminate a Million Booths ?
# Sun never sets
[ 01
Apr 2014 ]
RELATED
READINGS :
I am One , I will become Many ……………………………………………..[
06 Jan 2020 ]
Election Reforms " Summarized……………………………………………..[
18 Aug 2017 ]
“ Let Aadhar / Voter ID link be
voluntary, EC may tell SC “
Sierra Leone just held the World’s first
Block-Chain powered election
https://webrootsdemocracy.org/2017/04/21/online-voting-movements-in-ireland/
https://toilostvoteschallenge.com/ support@toilostvoteschallenge.com
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EC
plans to do away with in-person verification for voter registration
( Hindustan Times
/ 11 Oct 2021 )
Extract :
Ø Electors will be
allowed to file documents online, which will be then verified by the electoral
watchdog. “Five or six core documents will be declared, and if voters agree to
share those online, then there will be no need for booth-level worker
verification,”
Ø The Commission is
also working on a remote voting system, where people will be allowed to vote
from a different state in case they can’t make it in time for the polls. A
prototype of the system has already been seen by the Commission, but a final
call on its viability will be taken only after consultation with political
parties.
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