The poll panel has also floated a concept note on remote voting and sought the views of political parties on the legal, administrative and technical challenges in implementing it.
New Delhi: The Election Commission announced on Thursday that it had developed a prototype of the remote electronic Voting machine (EVM) for domestic migrant voters and has invited political parties for a demonstration on January 16, 2023.
According to a statement issued by the EC, the poll panel has also floated a concept note on remote voting and sought the views of political parties on the legal, administrative and technical challenges in implementing it.
The multi-constituency remote EVM developed by a public sector undertaking can handle upto 72 constituencies from a single remote polling booth. ''After focus on youth and urban apathy, remote voting will be a transformational initiative for strengthening participation in electoral democracy,'' said Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar.
The model has been prepared for the Election Commission of India by the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) that will allow electors to vote from far away cities without going to the designated polling station of their respective constituencies via a blockchain system.
In 2020, the poll body conducted several discussions and demonstrations with various State Governments, policy think tanks and private industry stakeholders to explore the idea of a nationwide remote blockchain election system.
Countries such as the United States, Argentina, Russia, Estonia, Thailand and South Korea in the past have utilised the blockchain methods for conducting voting processes for their citizens, with a fair share of positives and negatives deriving consequentially.
According to a statement issued by the EC, the poll panel has also floated a concept note on remote voting and sought the views of political parties on the legal, administrative and technical challenges in implementing it.
The multi-constituency remote EVM developed by a public sector undertaking can handle upto 72 constituencies from a single remote polling booth. ''After focus on youth and urban apathy, remote voting will be a transformational initiative for strengthening participation in electoral democracy,'' said Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar.
The model has been prepared for the Election Commission of India by the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) that will allow electors to vote from far away cities without going to the designated polling station of their respective constituencies via a blockchain system.
In 2020, the poll body conducted several discussions and demonstrations with various State Governments, policy think tanks and private industry stakeholders to explore the idea of a nationwide remote blockchain election system.
Countries such as the United States, Argentina, Russia, Estonia, Thailand and South Korea in the past have utilised the blockchain methods for conducting voting processes for their citizens, with a fair share of positives and negatives deriving consequentially.