Send letters of protest to the election commission of India regarding doctored electronic voting machines - draft letter

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General ID
eoup@nic.in

CEC

Shri VS Sampath
vs.sampath@eci.gov.in


Election Commissioners
HS Brahma (hs.brahma@eci.gov.in)

DR Nasim Zaidi (nasimzaidi@eci.gov.in)

April 3, 2014

To the Election Commission of India
Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road,
New Delhi 110001

Sir

As academic and concerned citizens we are extremely concerned at the possible manipulation of the free and fair ballot
process underway to elect the 16th Lok Sabha by reports that the Electronic Voting Machines Machines (EVMs) tested in one district in Assam were found to be a farce. According to a report in The Times of India, April 3, 2014 (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/An-EVM-that-votes-only-for-BJP-stuns-poll-staff-in-Assam/articleshow/33153152.cms)
that reveals that on a mock round, only one singular party was the beneficiary when alternative ballot choices were exercised.

Sir as you are aware the issue of the EVMs being the best way to reflect the diverse views in a vast country like ours has been under debate and dispute which is why, experimentally, the ECI has begun a paper trail voting system to compare the authenticity. Given the criticality of this general election, and any election for the future of this country as a secular, socialist democracy it is critical that the Election Commission immediately does a spot check on every EVM that is to be used not just in Assam but everywhere. Moreover, even if this means a rescheduling of the election it is critical that all Indians are reassured that their choice of ballot is being honoured and there is no crude and desperate manipulations. Voters need to have the right to ask at the polling booths that their vote is being honoured.

We are also enclosing a study that has been conducted on the fragility of the EVM process and urge that the ECI does not take this matter lightly. There exist forces and organisations in our midst who work day and night to subvert the diverse and varied democratic voice of this country. It is the duty of the Election Commission of India to protect the fundamentals of Indian democracy.

Moreover, it is incumbent on the ECI to make public the nexus operating in the corporate companies that manufacture
EVMs and the government acquisition process. Election law and criminal law need to be applied to order a full-fledged prosecution of the offending corporate company and an investigation ordered into the acquisition process. . It is reported that according to the returning officer and deputy commissioner of the Jorhat Parliamentary Constittuency in Assam, Shri Vishal Vasant Solanki that the manipulated EVM in question was manufactured by either the Electronics Corporation of India Ltd or another company which are the only two companies manufacturing EVCMs. The background and details need to be probed impartially.

Yours...

Annexed: Times of India Article, April 3, 2014

An EVM that 'votes' only for BJP stuns poll staff in Assam !!!

Congress lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India on Wednesday and demanded thorough inspection of all EVMs in
just not Jorhat, but the entire state.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/An-EVM-that-votes-only-for-BJP-stuns-poll-staff-in-Assam/articleshow/33153152.cms