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EVM is Hackable and Anti-Democratic
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EVM is Hackable and Anti-Democratic

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Background


India's electoral landscape witnessed a significant transition from paper ballots to electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the 1990s. The adoption of EVMs not only streamlined the vote counting process but also mitigated environmental impacts associated with paper usage.


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INTRODUCTION

 
India's electoral landscape witnessed a significant transition from paper ballots to electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the 1990s. The adoption of EVMs not only streamlined the vote counting process but also mitigated environmental impacts associated with paper usage.
 
The repeated assertion that "EVM is hackable and thus anti-democratic" lacks credible evidence and is often used by various political entities and newly formed Anti-EVM groups to discredit the constitutional bodies responsible for the free and fair electoral process. This narrative aims to sow distrust in democratic institutions that have diligently ensured the smooth functioning of elections. Election commission has repeatedly debunked many claims on EVM reliability. The Supreme Court also ruled in favour of ECI in many petitions on EVM tampering and termed those petitions nonsense. The apex court also fined Madhya Pradesh Jan Vikas Party with ₹50,000 and another petitioner with ₹10,000 in EVM tampering cases. Opposition parties like Congress, AAP, SP, and CPI frequently employ these tactics to deflect from their electoral losses [1]. Consequently, there is a risk of fostering a cynical electorate, disillusioned with the political process and sceptical of election outcomes, which undermines democratic engagement. Individuals such as Mehmood Pracha, Ritu Singh, Prashant Bhushan, Manmohan Mishra, Rahul Mehta, Pragya Mishra, and Abhisar Sharma and Akhilesh Yadav among many others contribute to this narrative, providing fodder for suspicion over the authenticity of EVMs.
 
Upendra Kushwala (RLSP leader) incited violence against the use of EVM during 2019 Lok Sabha elections, urging his supporters to be ready to pick up weapons to stop the “loot of votes” [2]. Mehmood Pracha who has been vocal against the EVM, threatened Electoral officers to incriminate and punish them in cases [3].
 

NARRATIVE FRAMES

 
➣ Ballot paper is safer and more reliable compared to EVM.
 
➣ Ballot paper gives a fair result compared to EVM.
 
➣ Any machine with a chip can be hacked,
 
➣ If the phones can be hacked, EVMs can be hacked too. 
 
➣ The people of India have no faith in EVM.
 
➣ BJP is imposing dictatorship in India through EVM.
 
➣ People are ready to pick weapons to stop the looting of votes from EVM.
 
➢ EVM is mishandled by BJP and sanghi goons.
 
➣ ECI has ‘capitulated’ and has lost its respect and authenticity.
 
➣ BJP is manipulating Indian elections through Election Commision of India.
 
➣ According to the constitution, citizens' have rights to elect their leaders via ballot papers, dismissing the legitimacy of EVM-related orders.
 
➣ The Supreme Court has not adequately addressed concerns regarding Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
 
➣ The EVM machines used in the Indian elections were tampered with or would be tampered with in upcoming elections.
 
➣ There is a possibility of manipulation in EVM during transportation or at the place of storage.
 
➣ The elections were done in an unfair way because no voter can take the VVPAT slip back home.
 
➣ The Indian Govt changed the VVPAT display to black to hide the voting transparency.
 

INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDERS

 
  1. Abhisar Sharma
  2. Abhishek Kumar Jatav
  3. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
  4. Ajit Abhayankar
  5. Ajit Anjum
  6. Ajit Pawar
  7. Akhil Gogoi
  8. Akhilesh Yadav
  9. Alka Lamba
  10. Amandeep Pillania
  11. Anand Swaroop
  12. Anil Chandra
  13. Anita Soni
  14. Anshu Awasthi
  15. Archana Ambedkar
  16. Arun Kumar
  17. Arvind Kejriwal
  18. Ashok Kumar Basotra
  19. Ashok Wankhede
  20. Ashutosh S Boddh
  21. Atar Singh
  22. Baban Gangadhar Kolse Patil
  23. Balraj Malik
  24. Basant Kumar
  25. Bhagwan Pal Singh
  26. Bhanu Pratap Singh
  27. Champai Soren
  28. D C Kapil (Dhammacharya Kapil)
  29. D Raja (CPI)
  30. Danish Ali (BSP)
  31. Devesh Pratap Singh
  32. Devraven Bhalavi
  33. Dhananjay Shinde
  34. Digvijaya Singh
  35. Dk Singh (The Print)
  36. Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar
  37. Dr Sunilam
  38. Feroze Mithiborwala
  39. Gautam Jayant
  40. Gopal Ram
  41. Gr. Capt Dinesh Chandra
  42. Gurmukh Singh
  43. Gurnam Singh Jhabbar
  44. Hanuman Beniwal
  45. Hijam Rajendra Singha
  46. Indu Chaudhary
  47. Jairam Ramesh
  48. Jasbir Singh Bhati
  49. Jasbir Singh Malik
  50. Jathedar Kulwinder Singh
  51. Jathedar Raja Raj Singh
  52. Javed Ali Khan (SP)
  53. Jaya Prakash Narayana
  54. Jignesh Mevani
  55. Jitendra Awad
  56. Juber Choudhary
  57. Justice(Retd.) Khem Karan
  58. Jyoti Badekar
  59. K.S.Chalam (UPSC Chairman)
  60. Kancha Illahia
  61. Kannan Gopinathan
  62. Kiran Patnayak
  63. Kolse Patil (JDS)
  64. Laxman Yadav
  65. Madhav Deshpande
  66. Mahmood Pracha
  67. Mairajuddin Ahmed
  68. Mallikarjun Kharge
  69. Mamta Ahirwar
  70. Mamta Benerjee
  71. Manjeet Singh Notiyal
  72. Manmohan Mishra
  73. Manoj Kaka
  74. Manoj Kumar Jha
  75. Mayawati
  76. Meena Kotwal
  77. Mummohan Mishra
  78. Nana Patole (Congress)
  79. Nand Lal Paswan
  80. Nandkishor More
  81. Narayan Sukumar (Prof)
  82. Narendra Mishra
  83. Nilotpal Basu (CPIM)
  84. Nisha Singh
  85. Om Narayan Ahirwar
  86. Padam Singh
  87. Pragya Mishra
  88. Pramod Kumar
  89. Prashant Bhushan
  90. Prathamesh Patil
  91. Pravendra Pratap Singh
  92. Preeti Chobey
  93. Priyanka Chaturvedi
  94. Rahul Chimanbhai Mehta
  95. Rahul Gandhi
  96. Rajdeep Sardesai
  97. Rajendra Pal Gautam
  98. Rajesh (Rajesh Yoddha)
  99. Rajratna Ambedkar
  100. Raju Parulekar
  101. Rakesh Tikait
  102. Ram Manohar
  103. Rana Ayyub
  104. Randeep Singh Surjewala
  105. Rani Boudh
  106. Ratan Lal
  107. Ravi Bhilane
  108. Ravish Kumar
  109. Ritu Singh (BSP)
  110. Ritu Singh (Prof)
  111. Rohit Pawar
  112. Sabyasachi Das
  113. Saket Gokhale
  114. Sakshi Joshi
  115. Sam Pitroda
  116. Sanjay Raut
  117. Sanjay Singh (AAP)
  118. Satya Narayan
  119. Saurabh Bharadwaj
  120. Shabnam Hashmi
  121. Shailendra Kumar
  122. Shankar Ram
  123. Sharad Pawar
  124. Shashi Tharoor
  125. Simranjit Singh Mann
  126. Sitaram
  127. Smt Chanda
  128. Sukhdev Singh Virk
  129. Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
  130. Sumit Chauhan
  131. Sunil Kumar
  132. Supriya Shrinate
  133. Suraj Yadav Mandal
  134. Suresh Kumar Saroj
  135. Suresh Mane
  136. Swami Prasad Maurya
  137. Swati Mishra
  138. Tribhuwan Ram
  139. Triveni Sahay
  140. Udit Raj
  141. Upendra Kushwala
  142. Vaibhav Kumar Jatav
  143. Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
  144. Vikas Bansal
  145. Vikas Kangra
  146. Vilas Kharat
  147. Wajahat Habibullah
  148. Waman Meshram
  149. Wg Cdr Anuma Acharya
  150. Yatindra Singh
  151. Yogendra Yadav
  152. Yogesh Verma
 

ORGANISATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS

 
  1. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
  2. All India Backward And Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF)
  3. Ambedkar University Delhi Faculty Association
  4. Association For Democratic Reforms
  5. Bahujan Mukti Party
  6. Bahujan Samajwadi Party
  7. Bahujan Samta Dal
  8. Bhagat Singh Chatra Ekta Manch
  9. Bharat Mukti Morcha
  10. Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Morcha
  11. Bhim Army Student Federation
  12. Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Association
  13. Communist Party Of India (CPI)
  14. Communist Party Of India (Marxist)
  15. Congress
  16. Dr. Ambedkar Vichar Manch (AVM)
  17. E.V.M Hatao Sanyukt Morcha
  18. Evm Phodo Booth Committee
  19. Evm Virodhi Rashtriya Jan Andolan
  20. Goans Against Evm
  21. Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP)
  22. India Against Evm Forum
  23. Janata Dal (Secular)
  24. Jan Vikas Party
  25. Mission Save Constitution
  26. Rashtriya Christian Morcha
  27. Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch
  28. Rashtriya Jan Parishad
  29. Rashtriya Loktantra Party
  30. Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
  31. Rashtriya Mulnivasi Bahujan Karmchari Sangh (RMBKS)
  32. Rashtriya Mulnivasi Sangh
  33. Rashtriya Parivartan Morcha
  34. Right To Recall Party
  35. Samajwadi Party
  36. Samta Sainik Dal
  37. Sanyukt Kisan Morcha
  38. Swaraj India
  39. Tech For All
  40. Telangana Rashtra Samithi
  41. Thekedaar Hatao Sanyukt Morcha
  42. Tribal Army
  43. Welfare Party
 

PROPAGATION MEDIUM USED

 
  1. 4PM News Network
  2. Advance Bangla News
  3. Article19 India
  4. Bahujan TV
  5. Bahujan HUB
  6. Dalit Times
  7. DNN Hindi
  8. Global Boundary
  9. Mulnivasi DNA
  10. National Dastak
  11. National Pillar
  12. NDTV
  13. Online News इंडिया
  14. Outlook India
  15. The Mooknayak
  16. The News Break
  17. The News Launcher
  18. The Quint
  19. The Wire
  20. Ulta Chasma Uc

REFERENCES

[1] Pti. (2023, December 5). BJP leaders mock opposition for blaming evms for defeat in Assembly polls. The Hindu, https://www.thehindu.com/elections/bjp-leaders-mock-opposition-for-blaming-evms-for-defeat-in-assembly-polls/article67607207.ece.

[2] Staff, O. (2019a, May 21). Exit poll rattles opposition, 21 parties submit a memorandum to EC urging to count 100% Vvpat slips, https://www.opindia.com/2019/05/exit-poll-rattles-opposition-21-parties-submit-a-memorandum-to-ec-urging-to-count-100-vvpat-slips/.

[3] gcp cloud learner . Twitter. (n.d.-a), https://twitter.com/gcpcloudlearner/status/1767100335343190392.


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