{"id":47393,"date":"2015-08-28T00:47:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T07:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=47393"},"modified":"2015-08-28T00:47:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T07:47:41","slug":"some-steps-on-how-to-prevent-cheating-at-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/08\/28\/some-steps-on-how-to-prevent-cheating-at-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Some steps on How to prevent cheating at elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0Well Wisher.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Some steps on How to prevent cheating at elections<\/p>\n

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  1. Use security paper or paper with water mark for printing ballot papers.<\/li>\n
  2. Use pencils or permanent ink to mark ballot papers. Some inks fade over time.\u00a0Tests must be done to ensure permanent ink.<\/li>\n
  3. All the voters should have valid I.D. cards with biometric data like in India.<\/li>\n
  4. Counting at local level must be done manually with reps from all parties present.<\/li>\n
  5. The ballot boxes must be transported by buses with observers from each party plus Police escort.<\/li>\n
  6. The ballot boxes must be sealed properly with wax or some other means.<\/li>\n
  7. The tally of ballot boxes and the final votes tally must be done in the presence of observers from all parties.\u00a0 This must be done manually.<\/li>\n
  8. All the tallies should be done manually.\u00a0 Computers must not be used for counting at any stage.<\/li>\n
  9. The elections commissioner must draw up a clear procedure for the election so that it is transparent at each stage, and published early in all media.<\/li>\n
  10. The instructions to the voters must be very clear.<\/li>\n
  11. Please see the Youtube video below to understand the dangers of computer voting.\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A\u00a0Well Wisher. Some steps on How to prevent cheating at elections Use security paper or paper with water mark for printing ballot papers. Use pencils or permanent ink to mark ballot papers. Some inks fade over time.\u00a0Tests must be done to ensure permanent ink. All the voters should have valid I.D. cards with biometric data […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}