Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court

Bhushan: democratic system must not only work but seen to work by the voters.

Since voters don’t trust EVM what is the problem in counting the VVPAT slips?

Bhushan: only way to be sure is to let the voter verify the slip. Being a small slip the counting will be done in well less than a day.

In the election they are taking 6 weeks, one more day makes no difference.

One more day vs confidence in the whole system.

Majority of people don’t trust the EVM

Bhushan: today they are still only counting 5 VVPAT machines. In one constituency there are more than 200.

They are only counting 2%. There is not justification to not count on. Due to the opaque glass, even the VVPAT can be manipulated.

Let the voter take the slip and put it in the ballot box.

Bhushan: counting doesn’t have to be done sequentially can be done parallely.

J Khanna: we have understood that. Any other thing you want to argue?

Bhushan: today there is only a small slip with one symbol, and Mr Qureshi who was the Election commissioner said that counting of the VVPAT slips wouldn’t take more than a few hours.

Bhushan: problem is even bigger because of the opaque glass and the voter can’t see the slip being cut.

That’s why all the opposition parties said give the VVPAT slip to the voter and let them put it in the ballot box.

Bhushan: just because it has not happened doesn’t mean it can’t be.

Even the VVPAT has a problem, but it s voter verified since the voter can verify or cancel their votes if discrepancies are noted. It also has a dispute resolution system.

Bhushan: correctness cannot be establish. May be hacked. One is manipulation and hacking remotely through a Bluetooth device or virtually.

EC says they cannot be hacked virtually. When a server loading person comes

J Khanna: we have understood

Bhushan: I have given a few propositions. There was a large citizens commission which examined the EVMs with the worlds top computer scientists who recommended that in an EVM votes are recorded electronically and no guarantee can be given to the voter that the vote was correctly cast and recorded in the final tally.

Bhushan: I have given a few propositions. There was a large citizens commission which examined the EVMs with the worlds top computer scientists who recommended that in an EVM votes are recorded electronically and no guarantee can be given to the voter that the vote was correctly cast and recorded in the final tally.