Shri Amitbhai Shah
President , BJP
Dear Amitbhai,
Hindustan Times ( 21 Feb ) carries news with following
headline :
“ BJP seeks its CMs’ views on
holding simultaneous polls “
I hope all of them support the idea ( - and not focus
on what problems / difficulties, we will run into ! )
I suggest that BJP conduct a “ Simultaneous Survey “ of the citizens as well , as suggested in
my following blog
Not only , you will find a tremendous support for this
idea but the results of such a survey will put a tremendous pressure on all
political parties as well
Our PM , Shri Narendrabhai has repeatedly urged that
India should rapidly “ Digitize E Governance
“ through JAM ( Jan Dhan a/c – aadhar id –
Mobile phone )
Of late , he has also been urging us to adopt BLOCK-CHAIN and AI
Implementing my suggestion will create a
World-Class “ Case Study
“ !
With Regards,
hemen
parekh / Mumbai
(
M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08
Monday,
22 January 2018
Simultaneous
Polling
Once
more , two days ago , PM Shri Modi had strongly urged all political parties to
reach a consensus in respect of holding simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha
and all the State Assemblies
Shri Modi added that besides saving money and manpower, holding state and Lok Sabha polls simultaneously would save time and not come in the way of taking important decisions, which the government cannot do once the model code of conduct comes into effect.
Modi said Rs 1,100 crore was spent in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections and this expense went up to Rs 4,000 crore in 2014. This expenditure excluded the money spent by candidates and political parties.
( Source :
I am a strong supporter of this idea and my thoughts
on the subject of Electoral
Reforms are summarized at :
But
I never imagined that the following Mobile App which
I had suggested some 5 years ago
for facilitating simultaneous polls , would find a perfect technological
solution in BLOCKCHAIN !
VotesApp /
I
have been hearing ( but , not understanding ) about BLOCKCHAIN for past one year, in the
context of its application for mining / trading in Crypto-Currency – which to
me, appears something very sinister !
Now
comes the news that BLOCKCHAIN technology
can vastly facilitate MOBILE-BASED
VOTING !
If
so, EC ( Election Commission ) should ,
· develop VotesApp by end of Feb 2018
· give
a demo to political parties in March 2018
· conduct
a parallel run ( along with EVM-VVPAT ) for Karnataka State Election in May 2018
· Publish
the results of both methods in June 2018
Those
who have any doubts re suitability of BLOCKCHAIN technology in voting , may
want to refer to :
When
designing a new voting system, a
core tenet would be to remove all need for “trust,” and place strong emphasis
on open verification of the process and
the votes. A similar problem was addressed with digital currency such as
Bitcoin and Etherium.
On
the blockchain, each group of transactions is hashed together, along with a
hash of the previous block, and the entire blockchain would be publicly accessible.
Using
a blockchain for digital voting could record
both voter and candidate ID, as well as the time. The voter IDs are a
public / private key pair, not traceable to a voter’s identity.
Another
application for blockchain technology is voting.
By casting votes as transactions, we can create a
blockchain which keeps track of the tallies of the votes.
This
way, everyone can agree on the final count because
they can count the votes themselves, and because of the blockchain audit
trail, they can verify that no votes were changed
or removed, and no illegitimate votes were added.
Among
the startups that followed in an attempt to build upon the Blockchain to create
a secure voting system was a Virginia-based company called FollowMyVote.
There
is a common misconception that voting cannot be done online in a secure way.
Security
of digital voting is always the biggest concern when considering to implement a
digital voting system.
With
such monumental decisions at stake, there can be no doubt about the system’s
ability to secure data and defend against potential attacks.
One
way the security issues can be potentially solved is through the technology of
blockchains.
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