An EVM consists of two units, a control unit, and the balloting unit. the two units are joined by a five-meter cable .
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E.V.M(ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE )
INTRODUCTION TO E.V.M It is a reliable machine for conducting election. Has mainly 2 units: ballot and control units, joined by a five-meter cable. Operates on a special battery. Tamper-proof. Information recorded is retained in memory even when the battery is removed. Electronic voting machines are mostly used by the developed countries to count the votes during the general elections.
ELECTRONIC MACHINE (EVM) EVM were first used in 70- P arur assembly constituency of Kerala in the year 1982. EVM do not require electricity evm run on an ordinary battery assembled by Bharat electronics limited/ electronics corporation of India limited.
ADVANTAGE OF E.V.M MACHINE MO demises the election process. User friendly- can be used even by illiterates. Simple to operate and can be installed in a short time. Preserves voting secrecy. No scope for invalid votes. facilitates quick and accurate counting- possible to declare result instantaneously. Re-usable by simply erasing votes recorded in earlier poll.
DISADVANTAGES OF E.V.M MACHINE Requires to build up correct database of civilians/user in advance It’s a costly affair & time taking process We have to use external chip to store the votes Security issues and unequal internet access We had provide continuous power supply It is not proportional Minority’s choice, not the majority’s
PAPER BALLOT VS EVM Election in India by using electronic voting machines (EVMs) started more than 30 years after getting independence. Till then only paper ballots were used. Finding that there were used. Finding that there were many malpractices like vote rigging, forged voting, booth capturing, too much time consumed in getting the paper ballots packed and to avoid the wastage of tons of paper during election process, election commission of I ndia thought of alternate and better way of using voting rights by citizens.
VOTING SYSTEM COMPONENTS DRE(Direct R ecording E lectronic) voting machine : device to record the voter’s choice. VVPAT(Voter-Verified P aper A udit trail): Paper based record of the choice selected by the voter. EMS(Election M anagement S ystem): system responsible for the initialization of the components that collect the votes and also for the final tallying of the votes. OPTICAL SCANNER: an optical reader that counts votes cast on paper ballots. DTD(data transport device ): storage device to transfer data between different components of the system.