Electoral Systems

   https://www.youtube.com/live/Upw22wp7PiY  a discussion featuring two esteemed speakers:
 • Mr. Madhav Deshpande
 • Mr. Tirthraj Samant

Elections Under Scrutiny: Can We Trust the System? Kannan Gopinathan | Teesta Setalvad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcVwHjzyd9M  Accountability, trust-building, and transparency in the electoral process;
The Election Commission’s refusal to release Form 17C;
The alarming centralization of polling data—who is being protected?
Hate speeches during elections: Why the ECI fails to act;
Manipulation concerns with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), VVPATs etc. 

CJI खन्ना ने चंद्रचूड़ के फैसले को भी नाकारा ! पलट दी जीती हुई बाज़ी..  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivmGW6bJWr8  PM मोदी के चुनावी हथियार पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट का हमला...CJI खन्ना ने बदले रुख, EVM की जांच..पलट दी पूरी बाजी देखिये रिपोर्ट. in the Supreme Court on 17 October The bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Manoj Mishra and Justice JV Pardiwala reprimanded the opposition party on this matter and said that what You want us to stop the swearing in of the newly elected government and not only this, the court even said that you can be fined for filing such a petition, you submit the papers, we will look into it. But till now this matter has not been looked into.  A similar allegation has been made in Maharashtra demanding investigation of Electronic Voting Machin by Haryana Congress leader Karan Singh Dalal has been sent by Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna to the bench of Justice Dipankar Dutta for hearing,. It will be heard in the week starting from 20 January, Karan Singh Dalal, who was a five-time MLA, in his petition has requested the Election Commission to investigate the four components of EVM.

 हाईकोर्ट के बाद अब सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने लिया एक्शन, CJI खन्ना ने चंद्रचूड़ को तगड़ा जवाब दिया! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP3O2XIPvhk
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Stop blaming EVMs when you lose, Omar Abdullah tells Congress'  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/stop-blaming-evms-when-you-lose-omar-abdullah-tells-congress/articleshow/116346011.cms   ..parties should not contest elections if they do not trust the voting mechanism...If one is certain that the EVMs are being hacked then the only logical response would be to boycott the polls till these machines are trashed.
Just think of it that such an insane move would have saved the BJP the big humiliation, and consequent erosion in legitimacy, of being drastically reduced from 303 to 232 -- well below the bare majority mark -- despite the shrill cry of "over 400 this time!". 
Not to forget that if one EVM can be hacked then any and every EVM can be hacked -- with scaling up of efforts input.

''Why this approach after being CM?': Congress hits back at Omar Abdullah's remark on EVM' https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/why-this-approach-after-being-cm-congress-hits-back-at-omar-abdullahs-remark-on-evm/articleshow/116351411.cms 

BJP to release book against EVMs today(Feb 2010) https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/bjp-to-release-book-against-evms-today/story-yGi1uLuJDmHQykPAadUIYP.html  ByShekhar Iyer, Party president Nitin Gadkari will release a book by the BJP’s election analyst, G.V.L. Narasimha Rao on Friday. Rao’s Democracy at Risk questions the very constitutional validity of EVMs and even cites the ways they can be hacked.

WA/email by SS:  As yet no random tallying of the VVPAT slips with the EVM outcomes, being mandatorily carried out, has come up with any mismatch.

Of course, in the era of fast evolving technology and the ECI virtually being the 12th member of the BJP team full transparency and further improvements must be forcefully and consistently demanded. 

Also the fact that the polls are indeed being manipulated to the advantage of the ruling party in terms of allowing unchecked hate speeches, huge financial assymetry, voters' lists manipulation, vote suppression by using the state machinery etc. needs to be adequately highlighted.

The unsubstantiated clamour about EVMs only helps to distract. It also adds to apathy of the anti-BJP voters.

Comment:  The whole concept of "scientific rigging', involves during it in a manner that is believable. And this also involves using different tactics in different situations. the most obvious is you cannot get all candidates in all consitutencies with withdraw candidature. 

Comment:  The whole concept of "scientific rigging', involves during it in a manner that is believable. And this also involves using different tactics in different situations. the most obvious is you cannot get all candidates in all consitutencies with withdraw candidature.   Therefore the only way to beat rigging and also EVM manipulation is to turn up in larger numbers, and vote and that too in the first half of the day

On Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 08:49 Devasahayam MG <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> wrote:    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cant-celebrate-evms-when-you-win-blame-when-you-lose-omar-abdullahs-jibe-at-congress/articleshow/116337229.cms 
    Omar has hit the nail on its head.. Soon after the Loksabha election we flagged huge spike in votes in 15 states and possible stealing of mandate in 79 constituencies. INC did nothing and their chief advisor, Yogendra Yadav derided us. In the process Rahul Gandhi has lost credibility as LOP!! -     MGD