Post 9pSBvQTSmLNg4Nui0W by bharatvarma@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #9pSBA3mjJqg85dL7mS by prasanna_s@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:06:36Z
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Now that BJP has also joined in (again) in the chorus against EVMs, it is time for another electoral integrity thread.In my mind, broadly, election process integrity can be modelled as four levels of guarantee.
(DIR) Post #9pSBA6OjbWGcC58VIO by prasanna_s@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:06:36Z
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Level - 1. There is no conclusive proof that any given election has been rigged.
(DIR) Post #9pSBAVrIwQyV9vhAnY by prasanna_s@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:06:37Z
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Level - 2. There is reasonable consensus among technical experts that the process is not riggable in any one candidate or party's favour or produce arbitrary results : with the technological and other tools available as of *today*.
(DIR) Post #9pSBAWCZfLzMDte9x2 by prasanna_s@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:06:38Z
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Level - 3. There is reasonable consensus among technical experts that the process is similarly robust and will remain robust for the medium term future.
(DIR) Post #9pSBAWYCMxHnIxlQem by prasanna_s@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:06:38Z
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Level - 4. From the information available in public domain, lay persons (non-technically savvy people) can reasonably believe and be satisfied that the process is robust and beyond being riggable in favour of one candidate or party, or to produce arbitrary results.
(DIR) Post #9pSBAcPCbJefSnbKT2 by prasanna_s@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:06:39Z
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As an advanced practitioner of electoral democracy, the ECI must operate at a Level-4 guarantee. They operate at Level -1. At best, some may argue, at Level - 2.
(DIR) Post #9pSBAebgPspKI5SKCO by prasanna_s@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:06:39Z
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Level - 1 is fairly easy to achieve because the burden of proof is on the person who is alleging a failure of integrity. Level - 2 onwards, the burden shifts and therein lies the challenge for ECI.
(DIR) Post #9pSBAzZGU4N1IfUBqS by prasanna_s@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:06:40Z
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The German Constitutional Court directly went for a Level-4 scrutiny to hold EVMs to be unconstitutional as far back as in last decade. There is no reason why we must not press for a Level - 4 Guarantee from ECI.
(DIR) Post #9pSBB4U8CaEcYC7f2O by prasanna_s@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:06:42Z
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If ECI are adament about using EVMs + VVPATs, VVPATs must be redesigned to have the slip produced and for the voter to put the slip back in the ballot after satisifying herself.
(DIR) Post #9pSBB4mD7MhFSGa6DY by prasanna_s@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:06:43Z
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Thereafter, every vvpat slip has to he tallied with EVM counts, with the latter being used only for early reporting and with the slip count being the official figure, however long it takes to count.
(DIR) Post #9pSBBjtOFZniyPFubI by prasanna_s@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:06:44Z
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The slip count may be aborted early in some cases where the other candidates in a constituency have officially conceded the election based on electronic counts. It may happen in many cases where the margin is considerably large.
(DIR) Post #9pSBBkS8APaei9Veka by prasanna_s@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:06:45Z
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The statistical jugglery on 5% or 5 segments or 20% or 30% is all unnecessary.Absolutely agree with @nikhilmkss@twitter.com who has always suggested a 100% tally.#CountEveryVote#EveryVoteCountsWhat say, @naukarshah@twitter.com ?
(DIR) Post #9pSBvQTSmLNg4Nui0W by bharatvarma@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:15:09Z
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@prasanna_s Hearsay, I'd think.1. The ECI bleating "CIDR secure" (or its equivalent) does not mean anything without a proper audit of the system (which essentially means an open hackathon, no less).2. The storage and maintenance of the machines is a black box.3. There are roughly 20 lakh EVMs "missing", or at least not accounted for satisfactorily. What's the story there?4. VVPAT is an unacknowledged factor.
(DIR) Post #9pSCCGjAGoGclPHzQO by bharatvarma@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T12:18:12Z
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@prasanna_s Ok, sorry, I misread the points, taking them to be declarations instead of postulates.
(DIR) Post #9pSGA1iHWO7TR33vyS by vpt@mstdn.social
2019-11-29T13:02:37Z
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@prasanna_s No. Then they will threaten voters to bring back the slip after voting.