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Why India's electronic voting machines are simplest and most secure in world
India Today ^ | Apr 13, 2025 18:44 IST | Aishwarya Paliwal

Posted on 04/13/2025 3:49:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

India's electronic voting system is praised globally for its simplicity and security. Unlike others, it's offline, tamper-proof, and transparent. Verified VVPAT slips and legal scrutiny ensure unmatched trust in election results.

In a world riddled with digital threats, India has quietly built the gold standard for electronic voting — one vote at a time.

Statements from United States Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, have once again brought Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) back to the centre of global discussion.

Can EVMs be hacked? This is the big question that is being asked globally.

India Today dives deep and brings out facts about India's EVMs.

GLOBAL CONCERNS ON ELECTRONIC VOTING

In a recent and startling statement, United States Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, revealed that her office had obtained evidence of vulnerabilities in certain Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), capable of being hacked to flip votes. The statement has added fuel to the growing global concern over the integrity and reliability of electronic voting systems.

But while such fears loom large in many parts of the world, one country stands as a shining exception — India.

India has the world's largest democracy and the biggest elections were held in 2024. A couple of months later elections were held in the United States of America and with regard to the election results. It was none other than Elon Musk who had complimented India and its voting and counting.

INDIA’S UNMATCHED VOTING SCALE

To understand the uniqueness of India's Electronic Voting Machines, we first need to grasp the scale of the Indian democratic exercise. With nearly 100 crore (1 billion) eligible voters, India conducts the largest electoral exercise on the planet. In contrast, most other democracies have a fraction of that number, often using complex systems involving hybrid models — ballot papers, electronic systems, internet voting, and private networks—all...

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1 posted on 04/13/2025 3:49:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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US voting hacks started when Obama was elected, no one had a clue, no one watching.


2 posted on 04/13/2025 3:53:52 PM PDT by delta7
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Naan sense.


3 posted on 04/13/2025 3:59:30 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: delta7; E. Pluribus Unum
US voting hacks started when Obama was elected, no one had a clue, no one watching.

No, they started before that. They started when BO gave his speech at the 2004 Democrat Convention.

4 posted on 04/13/2025 4:02:35 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

A very infamous man once said,
“ it is not who votes, that counts, it is who counts the votes that “count”(Win elections).
Bad paraphrasing from me but it is truth.

In the USA I’d never let another Democrat count votes without, some other party non-communist representative watching on and that is all they do, watch.


5 posted on 04/13/2025 4:13:46 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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Democrats are weeping.


6 posted on 04/13/2025 4:16:18 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: thecodont; delta7; E. Pluribus Unum
The CIA has picked the winner since long before Bill Clinton, as documented in the book "Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA."

It's why Hillary was so confident that she would win that she did not even bother campaigning, and then "too big to rig" happened. The CIA told her it was in the bag. To this day she cannot accept it. Same thing happened to Kamala.

7 posted on 04/13/2025 4:17:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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One reason that voting machines in India are not susceptible to external vote manipulation is that the components are not built in China, which provides parts that permit tinkering with collected data from an external source.

The cheapest source for a vital component may not always be the best choice. Just sayin’.


8 posted on 04/13/2025 4:25:17 PM PDT by alloysteel ( Divergence is not at all the same thing as diversity.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And, they are somehow able to provide and require every voter with photo ID. Something that is beyond the capacity of several American states.


9 posted on 04/13/2025 4:25:34 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: delta7

They were cheating via machine long before Obama.


10 posted on 04/13/2025 4:26:43 PM PDT by 9YearLurker (\)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

To prevent multiple voting, don’t they place an ink stain on every voter’s finger in India?


11 posted on 04/13/2025 4:29:07 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: delta7

Vote cheating goes back to the ancient Greeks

Electronic vote cheating I read about with the electro-mechanical machines in the early 1970’s when I first started paying attention to voting. G

Sure, digital cheating is sophisticated but it isn’t new. It is just modern, the latest update.


12 posted on 04/13/2025 4:33:40 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: delta7

well before Obama. just became more obvious to some people then. fraud in some form has been going on likely since the beginning of the Country.


13 posted on 04/13/2025 4:36:28 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The article cites an Elon tweet where he says India counted 640 million votes in on day.


14 posted on 04/13/2025 4:45:18 PM PDT by ScottHammett
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If we start using simple voting machines how will the democrats cheat?
Very unfair, trans-women, feminists, illegal aliens, and the deceased hardest hit.
I believe, but I don’t have any data, that the democrats have 5 to 8 million fraudulent votes nationwide every election cycle. There is just TOO much counting after election day and TOO many precincts with 100%++ voter turnout.


15 posted on 04/13/2025 4:50:04 PM PDT by Ponyexpress9790 (Every one that votes democrat is your enemy, there is no co-existing with traitors and terrorists. )
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“Can EVMs be hacked?”

Except for two tin cans connected with string, what can’t be hacked?


16 posted on 04/13/2025 5:13:49 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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The India voting machines have no electronic communication capability, by design. No LAN, now WiFi, no IR.


17 posted on 04/13/2025 5:18:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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18 posted on 04/13/2025 5:32:43 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (If you see "Acheta" protein in a product, know that it has been adulterated with insect protein)
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Process controls on the human operators. The machine only kill in movies.


19 posted on 04/13/2025 6:02:58 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: alloysteel

One reason that voting machines in India are not susceptible to external vote manipulation is that the components are not built in China, which provides parts that permit tinkering with collected data from an external source.

The cheapest source for a vital component may not always be the best choice. Just sayin’.>>> yeahhh the china machines are going to kill us.


20 posted on 04/13/2025 6:05:15 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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