Team: Harbingers of Change

Shaikh Tariq Mobin

Prabartika Sahoo

Sourabh Seth

Pallabi Mishra

Prakash Sarangi

Topic:

OMNIPRESENT VOTING

Main theme:

Fairness at play: introducing

electoral reform to reduce the

influence of money and muscle

power in politics

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2004

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Total vote

Voting agepopulation-

Population

DEMOCRACY => ELECTION => VOTING

ELECTIONS ARE HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL

IF THE VOTER TURNOUT IS HIGH.

54.00%56.00%58.00%60.00%62.00%64.00%

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Voter Turnout

VoterTurn-out

In reference to the above graphs :

Voting Age Population (VAP) has increased over the years by a huge number. But the VOTER TURNOUT has significantly decreased over the same time.

INFERENCE : Present Voting System is becoming unfavorable to a large section

of the population

REASON FOR DECLINE IN VOTER TURN OUT

Lack of Awareness and Interest

Remedy: Create awareness among

people through Print and online social media

Migration to places different from home

constituency.

Unsettled Population

A large part of this population is mostly mobile and does not get settled at any place

So either they do not make their Voter ID Card or even if they have a voter ID card, they are not present at their home constituency at

the time of vote.

Most of these unsettled and migrating population are not able to cast their votes because

Some of them cant afford to come just for one day . Many People feel Reluctant to travel for this cause. Even if they are willing to come, their authorities wont

allow.

From the above comparison it can be seen that Around 35% of the Migrants are NOT LITERATE including Daily Wage Labourers

& other workers in Informal sector etc.

Rest of the Migrants are LITERATE which include Employed Personnel, Graduates, Diploma holders etc.

Distribution (per 100) of Migrants by Reason

for Migration during 20072008, all India

Migration rate (per 1000) by broad level of

general education during 20072008 , all India

According to the census of 2001, 41% of the population of India is Youth and this trend is expected to last till 2050.

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30

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Employment Studies Marriage Movementof

Parents

Other

male rural

female rural

male urban

female urban

0 200 400 600 800

Not literate

Literate andup to middle

Secondary andhigher secondary

Diploma/Certificate

Graduateand above

Persons

Female

Male

Problem Statement

The threat to democracy in India due to lack of any provision ensuring

voting rights to the citizens of India not present in their home

constituency.

Solution

This problem can be solved by providing the right of Voting to the

people not present in their constituency by our Program Absentee

Voting for All

Absentee Voting for All allows them to vote for their home

constituency from any part of the country by using innovation in

Technology and Management

Implementation

Apply for Absentee Voting for All

Make Special Voting ID Card (SVIC)

Login to chief Electoral office Webpage

(e.g. Odisha:http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/)

Or

Contact nearest Electoral roll booth to make SVIC

#Application for Absentee Voting for All makes eligibility at

resident constituency null and void ,and vice versa.

Special Voting ID Card

(SVIC)

Voting ID Card along

With QR code which

Contains the information

In Encrypted format to be

Read by QR reader

Pre-Election

Stage 1: Special Polling station

QR code reader reads the Voter Information from SVIC and sends to the Computer

Computer Checks the Code with Server

Computer displays Personal Information of card holder for Inspection

Mark on finger put after successful verification

Election

Voter

Information

Server

PASS FAIL

IN Supervision of Election Officer

Implementation

Stage 2: Special Polling station

Special QR code reader reads only the constituency and signals the Modified Electoral Voting Machine(MEVM)

MEVM displays the serial number, candidate name and corresponding Party symbol for the voters constituency.

Election

Stage 3: Polling Booth

Voter presses the button in Balloting Unit corresponding to his/her desired candidate.

The red light glows for 10 seconds.

If sure, voter can press OK.

If not Sure, voter can press Cancel and Press another button.

After 10 seconds OK is automatically assumed.

The selection gets recorded in Control Unit

In Utmost Privacy inside Polling Booth

IN Supervision of Election Officer

MEVM

Modified Electoral Voting Machine

(MEVM) MEVM is an upgraded

Electoral Voting Machine

with Digitized screen

Whose Contents of display

can change as per Special

QR code reader input and

Added Cancel/Select Vote

Option

Balloting Unit

Control Unit

Implementation

Counting

Assembly of all Counting machines at District Vote Counting Centre from all Polling booths

Compilation of Votes

Display of votes of each candidate.

Transfer of Vote Result to the State/Central Vote compilation center through Internet.

Publication of Final Result by State/Central Vote compilation center.

Post-Election

Polling Stations

For State Legislative Assembly Elections

General Polling Station in the respective state

Special Polling Station at all Sub Districts (5564 as per Census 2011) and Special locations due to Voter population as

determined by Chief Election Commissioner.

For Lok sabha elections

General Polling station throughout the Country

Special Polling system at all Districts (593 as per Census 2011) and Special locations due to Voter population as

determined by chief election commissioner.

State/Central Vote Compilation Center

District Vote Counting Center

General

Polling

Station

Special

Polling Station

District Vote Counting Center

General

Polling

Station

Special

Polling

station

Display

of Votes

Votes sent for

central counting

Publication

of Final

Result

EVM sent to

Counting Center

Organization Structure

President

Helper (3)

Security

Operator

Vice. President

Technical

Head of Department

Vice. President

Statistics

Head of Department

Existing System

of Organization

At district vote

counting center

Existing System

of Organization

At General Polling

station

Chief Presiding Officer

Helper (3)

Security

Operator

Asst. Presiding officer(1)

Existing System of

Organization At

General Polling station

Existing System of Organization

At State/Central vote counting center

Auxillary System of

Organization At

Data Centres

Data Centres are Auxillary bodies that contain

supercomputers to manage the heavy data traffic

during Elections

Financial Estimates (in Rupees) Total Expenditure Rs.230 Crores (1st Time)

TECHNOLOGY

COST

LOGISTICS

COST

ORGANIZATION

COST

COMPUTER + UPS +

BAR CODE READER

INTERNET COSTS

MEVM

2 X SUPER COMPUTERS

4 X DATA CENTRES

3,000

23,000

8,000

70,00,00,000

40,00,00,000

PER

BOOTH

CENTRALIZED

COSTS

5564 BLOCKS

X

5 BOOTHS/BLOCK

APPROX. 95

CRORES

TRANSPORTATION

COSTS 40,000 PER BLOCK APPROX. 23 CRORES

1 PRESIDING OFFICER

1 ASST. PRESIDING OFFICER

5 COMPUTER OPERATORS

3 HELPERS

5 SECURITY OFFICERS

PER

BLOCK

1 X 1000

1 X 900

5 X 700

3 X 500

5 X 600

5564 BLOCKS

X

9,700/BLOCK

APPROX. 5

CRORES

DATA CENTRES AND SUPER

COMPUTER MANAGEMENT 2 CRORES

205

CRORES

23 CRORES

2 CRORES

IMPACT AND REACH

Increase in the voter turnout by around 25% or above from

the present Voter turnout of 58%(according to 2009 Lok

Sabha Election)

Increase in Transparency because of public release of vote

counts at each step of Election procedure.

Reduction in influence of Muscle or Money power as voters

are away from home constituency.

CHALLENGES AND

MITIGATION

Absence of proper infrastructure

and erratic power supply

Unavailability of Internet facility

Less experience of polling

officials and operators in

handling computerized

technologies

Hacking of the EVM and

manipulation of votes.

CHALLENGES MITIGATION

Erratic power supply problem is

solved by conventional power

backup and solar power system

Setting up polling station only in the

sub-divisional offices (Internet

facility already available)

Proper training programs prior to

the elections

The EVM and counting machines

are independent system and are not

connected to internet.

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Voter turn out data by http://www.idea.int/vt/countryview.cfm?id=105 accessed on 4.09.13.

Computations based on NSS, Round 64, Schedule 10, Individual-level data.

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