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Order reserved on Swamy's plea on voting machines
Wednesday January 11, 2012 08:07:00 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court Tuesday reserved its order on a plea filed by Janata
Party president Subramanian Swamy that the electronic voting
machines (EVMs) were not tamper-free and needed rectification to
ensure free and fair elections.
In his petition, Swamy said that the EVMs should be of
international standard and needed rectification.
Swamy submitted that either paper printouts should be incorporated
in the EVMs or the Election Commission should return to the ballot
paper system to avoid tampering at the time of polls.
"The Election Commission should at least provide paper receipts of
the votes cast for the voter to verify. This move would ensure
that a vote cast is secured and the election is not rigged," Swamy
said before the division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri
and Justice R.S. Endlaw.
Swamy contended that in the poll process, transparency had to be
given priority over efficiency.
He explained that EVMs' electronic database was chip controlled
and that was not tamper proof. He also cited examples of
technologically advanced European nations which don't use EVMs for
the same reason.
He said electronic voting machines offered a lot of benefits but
suggested nine safeguards to protect them from tampering.
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