Emails (Others): The Greatest Reform ?

The Greatest Reform ?

As per report , Law Minister , Shri Sadananda Gowda , told Times of India on 08 June 2016 :

" The Prime Minister is very keen to hold elections to assemblies and Parliament together . A committee was set up a month-and-a-half ago and has been given a deadline of three months to complete its report "

Earlier , a committee of secretaries had studied the issue and proposed that polls to assemblies whose terms were expiring 6 months before the 2019 LS elections as well as those doing so 6 months later , be brought together

YEAR-WISE HISTORY of STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS :

# 2013.................... 9 States

# 2014.................... 8 States

# 2015................. 2 States

# 2016................. 5 States

# 2017....................5 States

REASONS BEING ADVANCED IN SUPPORT OF SIMULTANEOUS ELECTIONS :

# Unending State elections impede governance as the Code of Conduct is brought into force which prevents announcements of policy decisions that could be seen to influence voters

# Political exercise is hugely distracting and there is a tendency to read the results as referendums on the Centre , even though the issues at stake are essentially local and State-specific

# Election Commission believes that the cost of conducting simultaneous elections , at estimated Rs 9,000 crore , could well be much less than the cumulative costs of holding State elections as an annual occurrence

MY TAKE :

Conducting simultaneous elections for ALL STATE ASSEMBLIES and LOK SABHA , is not only possible but it can be done on a SINGLE DAY , as per my following suggestion , 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 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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13 June 2016

www.hemenparekh.in / blogs

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