Title: Let Process, Not Tech, Settle EVM Debate
Published on: December 10, 2024
Published in: Deccan Herald
Excerpt:
“Much has been made of EVMs showing high battery levels at the day’s end, particularly in booths favouring certain parties. The ECI’s explanation is straightforward – machines designed for 2,000 voters and four ballot units naturally show minimal drain when handling fewer voters with single units. More importantly, the battery level debate misses a crucial point: agents can verify machine authenticity through their signatures on numbered seals, making battery levels irrelevant to the question of tampering.”
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