The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that computers provide “absolutely accurate results” unless human prejudice taints them, rejecting the notion of going back to paper votes in an effort to restore the “little man’s” faith in the election process.
Human flaws, such as prejudice, can cause issues. Leading a two-judge bench, Justice Sanjiv Khanna noted that machines operating without human input will provide outcomes that are perfectly correct.
Thankfully, we are in our sixties now. What used to occur before has been witnessed. Have you overlooked that? Judge Sanjiv Khanna, who was presiding over a two-judge bench, said to Advocate Prashant Bhushan, who appeared on behalf of the petitioner, the NGO Association for Democratic Reforms, which was requesting 100% verification of EVM votes using VVPAT slips. “If you have forgotten that, I am sorry, I have not forgotten,” Khanna said. Currently, each Assembly segment’s five EVMs are randomly validated against VVPAT slips.
