New Voting System: Now voting will be done through mobile, EC said it is ‘tamper-proof’

Bihar election: Before the Bihar assembly elections, the State Election Commission is going to make history. The commission has made a plan to vote in the municipal elections through a mobile app. The commission has also run an awareness campaign about this for ten days.

Bihar election: A new change is going to happen regarding voting before the Bihar assembly elections. Bihar is going to become the first state in the country where voting can be done through phone. Bihar State Election Commissioner Deepak Prasad gave this information on Friday. His comment came before the voting to be held on Saturday for six municipal councils of Patna, Rohtas and East Champaran. However, it is not clear at the moment whether voting will be done through phone in the upcoming assembly elections or not.

Who can e-vote?

Giving more information about this, Bihar Election Commissioner Deepak Prasad said that this facility will be available to those people who are not able to go to the polling station and cast their vote. He said that to vote online, an app should be installed in the phone of the voters. Senior citizens, Divyang, pregnant women and voters living in other states can take advantage of this facility. The State Election Commission also ran an awareness campaign in this regard from June 10 to 22.

Prasad said, “To take advantage of this facility, voters will have to install the E-SECBHR app. After this, it will have to be linked to the number added in the voter list. This app will currently work only on Android phones. This app has been created by the Center for Development of Advanced Computing, while there is another app which has been created by the Bihar Election Commission.”

How will security be arranged?

The biggest fear about e-voting is the possibility of tampering with it. In such a situation, while answering this question, the Election Commission said that many efforts have been made to keep the voting process smooth, fair and transparent. For example, only two registered voters will be allowed to log in using one mobile number. Apart from this, each lot will be checked and verified using the voter ID card. Apart from this, voters who do not have a mobile phone can also cast e-vote on the website of Bihar Election Commission.

Prasad said, “About 10 thousand voters have already registered in the e-voting system to participate in our scheme and cast e-votes. Apart from this, we hope that about 50 thousand more voters will vote online instead of going to the polling booths.

Explaining the way to complete this in a safe manner, Prasad said that we have taken full care of digital security measures in this. He said, “This system will include features like blockchain technology, face matching and scanning to ensure that it cannot be tampered with. Apart from this, there will also be an audit trail like the VVPAT machine, which will enable us to maintain even more transparency.”

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