New Delhi: The Election Commission wants to use a new machine to enhance secrecy of votes during counting which prevents disclosure of voting pattern. The poll body has moved the Union law ministry with a proposal for introduction of ‘Totaliser’ machine for counting of votes.
The poll panel is of the view that by use of ‘Totaliser,’ a further level of secrecy in voting and the mixing of votes at the time of counting will be achieved, which will prevent the disclosure of pattern of voting at a particular polling station.
The law ministry is the administrative authority for the poll body. But the government has not taken a considered view on introduction of the machine.
Secrecy of votes being the essence of Indian democracy will certainly be ascertained before introduction of any technological advancement in the voting or counting,” law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
