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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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Total vote
Voting agepopulation-
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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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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.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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.
de Haan, A., 2000, Migrants, Livelihoods and Rights: The Relevance of Migration in Development
Policies, Journal of Development Studies, vol. 36 no. 2, pp. 147.
Deshingkar P., R. Khandelwal, J. Farrington, 2008, Support for migrant workers: The missing link
in Indias development, in Natural Resource Perspectives, 117, London, Overseas Development
Institute.
. 2011b,Internal Migrants and Social Protection in India: The Missing Links, paper
presented at UNESCO-UNICEF National Workshop on Internal Migration and Human
Development in India, 67 December 2011, ICSSR, New Delhi.
Standing Committee on Finance, Fifteenth Lok Sabha, 2011, Ministry of Planning The National
Identification Authority of India Bill 2010, 42nd Report, December, New Delhi: Lok Sabha
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