One day Polling is
Possible
DNA ( 31 March 2016 ) reports
:
" Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has mooted a proposal to hold simultaneous elections to
Panchayats , State Assemblies and Parliament across the country
The Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Personnel , Public Grievances , Law and Justice had in December ,
recommended holding simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha elections to reduce
expenditure and frequent disruption of normal life "
Not only it is possible to do
this ( in ONE DAY ) but it has the potential to bring about Electoral Reforms
of far reaching beneficial impact
Following is the suggestion
that I sent to Shri Narendra Modiji on 06 Nov 2014 :
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VotesApp
( from my blog
dated 18 Dec 2012 )
* An Android app
which can be downloaded from Google Play / Android Zoom / GetJar and the
official web site of Election Commission of India
* It will be
pre-loaded on 220 million Aakash tablets which Govt of India plans to
distribute to students
* It will also be
pre-loaded on those Smart phones ( to be called, “ Dharati “ ? ), which Govt of
India plans to distribute free to 400 million “ poor “ Indians , before 2014
National elections
* All tablet /
smart phone manufacturers will be encouraged to pre-load VotesApp
* Using this app ,
a voter can register at Election Commission web site, where he will enter the
same data which he has submitted for his Aadhar card, including Aadhar card
number (Unique Identification No)
* All of these
details will be verified by Aadhar database
* Obviously ,
those who have not obtained their Aadhar card , will not be able to use
VotesApp . They will need to visit nearest polling booth
* Upon correct
verification , Aadhar Database will permanently link the person’s Aadhar number
with the mobile number from which registration is done, and issue a
Password
* An under aged
person will not be allowed to register
* A person will be
able to vote only from that mobile number
* After login on
first screen, user will be asked to select one option from,
#
Panchayat Election
#
Municipal Election
#
State Assembly Election
#
Lok-Sabha Election
* Upon selection,
user will be presented with the list of candidates contesting , from which , he
can select only one by ticking a check-box.
There will be
also a choice , labeled “ None “ ( NOTA )
* A long press on
a candidate’s name will display details of his declared assets as also his
criminal record
* After ticking /
selecting a candidate, voter will click on “ VOTE “ button,
whereupon his vote gets registered and VotesApp gets de-activated
* Once a voter
registers on Election Commission web site , he cannot go to a polling booth and
vote physically
* In less than one
year , Govt of India will recover the cost of 220 million Aakash tablets and
400 million” Dharati “ smart phones , through this customized / personalized /
shrinking of EVMs ( Electronic Voting Machines ) to a hand-held device.
And
imagine the millions of man-hours saved !
* And
the beauty is , no one can capture this booth , or conduct exit polls !
What will “ experts “ discuss on TV channels ?
* What
next ? Election Commission “licensing “ this App to other countries ?
HOW
WILL IT HELP ?
* No need for 930,000 polling booths / EVMs / Ink / Papers etc
Every voter's own mobile becomes a miniature EVM !
Any registered Voter can vote from anywhere in the World !
* Nor any need to deploy 1,100,000 people to conduct the polls
* No need for millions of Police / Military personnel
* No need for months of advance preparations, across entire country
* Voting can be completed in just ONE day - instead of over 6 weeks -
and results can be declared next day !
* Voting could be 95 % or more !
* No worry for booth-capture
* No bogus voting ( Bio-metric ID from built-in camera )
* No duplicate voting ( Self-destruct after single usage )
* No worry for any terrorist attacks
* Enormous saving of time for Voters
* No need to declare a public holiday - costing thousands of crores
worth of production
* Central Government will save, at least , Rs 2,000 Crores .
* For the Central Government , a potential to earn Rs 20,000 crores , by
enabling 15 million Indian businesses to advertise to
814 million voters
thru
this mobile VotesApp , sharply targeting by Gender / Age / Marital
Status / City / Street / Education / Income Tax paid / Employed or
Jobless ..etc
* No need for Central Government to stop taking even routine decisions
( due to Model Code of Conduct )
If a tiny country like Estonia ( population 1.6 million ) can elect its Members of Parliament thru a VotesApp type mobile App , why can't we ?
Already 900+ million Indians have mobiles - all of which , will soon become Smart Phones
As far as designing / developing of VotesApp is concerned , it is NOT a Rocket Science
Any
IT / E-Comm Start Up , should be able to develop VotesApp in 3
months
Can
you think of a better way for " E-delivery of Service " ?
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01
April 2016
hemen
parekh
Marol
, Mumbai , India
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