SEC Rajasthan Multi Post EVM An Instrument to

SEC Rajasthan Multi Post EVM An Instrument to Modernize the Election Process. ……Simplicity, Integrity, Reliability 1

SEC EVM INTRODUCTION ü Electronic Voting Machine (also known as EVM) is electronic device for casting and counting of votes. ü An EVM is designed with two units: the control unit and the balloting unit. These units are joined together by a 5 mtr cable. ü The control unit of the EVM is kept with the presiding officer or the polling officer. The ballot unit is kept within the voting compartment for voters to cast their votes. 2

SEC EVM INTRODUCTION ü With the EVM, the polling officer will press the Ballot Button which enables the voter to cast their vote. ü A list of candidates names and/or symbols will be available on Ballot Unit with a Pink button next to it. ü The voter can press the button next to the candidate’s name they wish to vote for. 3

SEC EVM INTRODUCTION üThe EVM is designed to store voting data and display/print result. üIt operates on battery and is simple to operate and can be installed in a short period. üThere is no scope for invalid votes and total secrecy of the voting data is maintained. ü The EVM facilitates quick and accurate counting. 4

SEC EVM Features üCapacity to record 2000 voters/ 8000 votes in CU üReal Time Clock to display current Date and Time. ü 24 character 17 segment Alphanumeric display on the Control Unit (CU) for displaying messages üDisplay of battery pack power status üEncrypted voting data is securely stored in SDMM with redundancy. üEND of vote facility for partial voting/under voting. üFacility to record Unfinished Voters. 5

SEC EVM Features Ø Secured Detachable Memory Module (SDMM) for immediate reusability of CU. Ø Built in Anti-Tamper circuit in CU and BU Ø Provision for compartments. Ø Time stamping of events and each voter’s franchise. Ø Facility to print Result data and time stamp data. sealing of different 6

SEC EVM Features • A Ballot Unit (BU) caters to a maximum of 15 candidates. 16 th Candidate Button (i. e. END button) is used as END OF VOTE. In case of multiple BUs, END button of the last BU is used as END of VOTE. • Maximum number of BUs that can be cascaded to one control unit is Four, thereby catering to a maximum of 60 contesting candidates. • Braille markers for candidate number identification on BU for visually challenged. 7

SEC EVM Features • Unique electronic serial number is loaded in the factory for CU, BU and SDMM and the same number is laser marked on the cabinets. • The Real time clock can be set only in clear state, i. e. , before the machine is enabled for the first ballot. 8

SEC EVM Features • SDMM has unique serial number (electronic as well as laser marked on the module). • On the day of poll SDMM is locked (s/w locking)to the CU for voting from first ballot operation. • In between polling operation system does not permit SDMM to continue voting operation in any other units. 9

SEC EVM Features • However in any other control unit, CLOSE, RESULT and CLEAR operations can be performed with the SDMM. • Voting data along with event log is stored in SDMM • EVM (CU and BU) with new SDMM can be deployed for next election for immediate reusability. 10

MODEL LAYOUT OF POLLING STATION/BOOTH 11

SEQUENCE OF OPERATIONS IN EVM CLEAR RESULT CLOSE CAND. SET BALLOT 12

CARRYING CASES The control unit and ballot unit are packed separately in special carrying cases for transportation & storage. For BALLOT UNIT For CONTROL UNIT LATCH Latches are to be carefully operated to open the carrying cases. 13

FUNCTIONS OF CONTROL UNIT(CU) Ø CU is the master unit Ø Polling officer operates the CU Ø Permits voter to cast his vote in the Ballot Unit Ø Records securely the votes polled in the BU Ø displays the following on demand 1. Election result 2. EVM status & error messages 14

CONTROL UNIT DISPLAY SECTION BATTERY PACK SECTION CANDIDATE SET SECTION RESULT SECTION BALLOT SECTION 15

CONTROL UNIT – DISPLAY SECTION 1 2 3 1. ‘ON’ lamp 2. ‘BUSY’ lamp 3. 17 Segment Display 16

CONTROL UNIT – CANDIDATE SET SECTION 4 1 2 3 1. CANDIDATE SET compartment door 2. SDMM 3. CANDIDATE SET button 4. Provision for sealing 17

CONTROL UNIT – BATTERY PACK SECTION 1 2 3 1. BATTERY PACK compartment door 2. BATTERY 3. Provision for sealing 18

CONTROL UNIT – CLOSE SECTION 1 3 2 1. CLOSE compartment door 2. Provision for seal 3. closed cap for ‘CLOSE’ button 19

CONTROL UNIT – RESULT SECTION CONTINUED… 1 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 3 4 5 Provision for seal ‘CLOSE’ button Elliptical opening for ‘RESULT 1’ & ‘RESULT 2’ key RESULT compartment door Inner compartment door 20

CONTROL UNIT – RESULT SECTION CONTINUED… 2 3 1 1. ‘CLOSE’ Button 2. ‘RESULT 1’ Button 3. ‘RESULT 2’ Button 4. ‘CLEAR’ Button 5. Frame for green paper seal 5 4 21

CONTROL UNIT – BALLOT SECTION 1 2 3 1. ‘TOTAL’ Button 2. ‘BALLOT’ Button 3. BUZZER 22

CONTROL UNIT (Operator View) 1 2 4 3 1. Power ON /OFF switch 2. 9 pin female connector for BU interface 3. Rear cover 4. 9 pin male connector for Data interface 23

SWITCHES/BUTTONS OF CU --- for conducting election 1. ON/OFF - to turn on & off the CU 2. CAND. SET -to set the no of contestants 3. BALLOT - to permit the voter to cast vote (CU enables BU to accept vote) 4. TOTAL - display the total votes polled till then , battery status, date & time , no of contestants 5. CLOSE - to end the polling (no further voting is allowed) 24

SWITCHES/BUTTONS OF CU… 6. RESULT 1 - display in sequence the election result 7. RESULT 2 - display in sequence the election result 8. CLEAR - erase the recorded voting data Ø Two LED indicators to the operator a) ON lamp - Green LED, implying EVM is powered up b) BUSY lamp - red LED ON - when ballot button is pressed on CU OFF - turns off after the vote is recorded in CU Ø Alphanumeric display for messages & EVM status 25

FUNCTIONS OF BALLOT UNIT Ø CU enables BU to accept vote by the voter Ø Voter casts his vote by press of a button on the ballot unit Ø One ballot unit supports 15 candidates Ø Maximum of 4 bus can be connected(60 contestants) Ø Powered from control unit 26

BALLOT UNIT (Operator View) 1 3 4 5 2 6 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ‘READY’ LAMP TOP RELEASE LATCH SLIDE SWITCH CANDIDATE LAMP CANDIDATE BUTTON BALLOT PAPER SCREEN FOR CANDIDATE NAMES AND SYMBOLS 27

BALLOT UNIT – BALLOT PAPER SCREEN 3 1 2 1. Release latches for ballot paper screen 2. Provision for thread seal 3. Ballot paper screen 28

BALLOT UNIT – INNER VIEW 5 4 1 2 3 1. Masking tab 2. Ready led 3. Candidate button 4. Provision for thread seal 5. Inner view of ballot paper seal 29

INSTALLATION OF POWER PACK: 30

Red Latch INTERCONNECTION OF CU WITH BUs Black Latch BU Slide Switch Positions BU Cable (Hood) (BU Interconnecting Door) 31

OPERATION AND DISPLAY MESSAGES ON CU Note: SDMM should be connected before switching on the CU otherwise SDMM NOT RESPONDING message will be displayed on CU and CU will not ACCEPT any further command. 32

CU POWER ON DISPLAY MESSAGES (Operation : Switch ON CU) DTE 15 -03 -18 TME 10 -38 -56 Ready lamps on all connected BUs blink once, if BUs are connected. Indicates date in DD-MM-YY and time is in HH-MM-SS format. RJSCU 011111 RJSDM 014566 Indicates the serial number of Control Unit and SDMM. WARD 123 A BOOTH 1285 Indicates the Ward number & Booth number SEC RAJASTHAN NUMBER OF POSTS 1 POST 1 CANDS 5 SEATS 1 BATTERY MEDIUM Indicates the number of posts Indicates the Post number Indicates the number of contesting candidates and seats. Indicates the status of the battery (HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW) 33

DISPLAY MESSAGES ON CU WHILE DOING CANDIDATE SET (Operation: Connect BU Switch ON CU Press Cand. Set Button) ENTER WARD NO - Blinking message Indicates to enter required ward number ENTER BOOTH NO - Blinking message Indicates to enter required Booth number Note: To enter Ward number and booth number BU 01 keys acts as follows BU 01 keys 1 to 9 for digits 1 to 9. BU 01 10 th key for digit 0 BU 01 key 11 for - ‘dash’ BU 01 key 12 for Alphabets BU 01 15 th key for RESET/CLEAR BU 01 16 th key for ENTER BU 01 key 13 to confirm/Save the Alphabet only BU 01 key 14 is Reserved Ward number and Booth number accepts maximum 4 digits (Alphanumeric) 34

DISPLAY MESSAGES ON CU WHILE DOING CANDIDATE SET NUMBER OF POSTS - Indicates to enter Required number of posts Ex: 2 POST 1 1 ST CAND -- Indicates to enter 1 st candidate of post 1 (select first candidate as per ballot paper) POST 1 LAST CAND -- Indicates to enter last candidate of post 1 (press corresponding key in ballot unit) Indicates to enter first candidate of post 2 (press corresponding key in ballot unit) POST 2 1 ST CAND -- Indicates to enter last candidate of post 2 (press corresponding key in ballot unit) CU displays all the entered values in sequence starting from ward No. Please ensure correctness. Note: BU keys acts as follows 16 th key of each BU is reserved. 16 th key of last BU acts as END button. (Operation: Press Ballot button in CU & caste votes in BU) POST 2 LAST CAND -- 35

DISPLAY MESSAGES ON CU AFTER TOTAL BUTTON PRESSED (Operation : Press Total Button on CU) BATTERY HIGH Indicates the status of the battery (HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW) DTE 15 -03 -19 TME 10 -38 -56 Indicates date in DD-MM-YY and time in HH-MM-SS format. NUMBER OF POSTS -- Indicates the number of posts TOTAL VOTERS 0 Indicates total number of voters 36

DISPLAY MESSAGES ON CU AFTER CLOSE BUTTON PRESSED CLOSING Indicates the Closing operation started. DTE 15 -03 -19 TME 10 -38 -56 Indicates date in DD-MM-YY and time in HH-MM-SS format. (Closing Date & Time) RJSCU 011111 RJSDM 014566 Indicates the serial number of Control Unit and SDMM. NUMBER OF POSTS 2 TOTAL VOTERS 4 POLL CLOSED Indicates Number of posts Indicates Total number of voters Indicates that poll is closed 37

DISPLAY MESSAGES ON CU AFTER RESULT BUTTON PRESSED COMPUTING RESULT RJSCU 000001 RJSDM 000003 Indicates the serial number of Control Unit and SDMM. POLL RESULT PDT DD-MM-YY Indicates date of Polling PST HH-MM-SS PET HH-MM-SS PST- Poll Start Time PET- Poll End Time NUMBER OF POSTS 2 TOTAL VOTERS 4 Indicates the number of posts Indicates total number of voters including unfinished voters POST 1 POLLED VOTES 2 Indicates Total votes casted for post 1 excluding under votes 38

DISPLAY MESSAGES ON CU AFTER RESULT BUTTON PRESSED UNDER VOTES - 2 Indicates number of under votes for post 1 CANDS 2 SEATS - 1 Indicates the number of contesting candidates and seats. CANDIDATE-1 VOTES- Displays number of votes polled for candidate 1 of post 1 CANDIDATE-2 VOTES- Displays number of votes polled for candidate 2 of post 1 After displaying results of all posts following messages will be displayed at the end. UNFINISHED VOTERSPOLL DAY CU xxxxx END Indicates number of unfinished voters It displays CU SLNO in which votes were polled 39

DISPLAY MESSAGES ON CU AFTER CLEAR BUTTON PRESSED DELETING POLLED VOTES Indicates deleting polled votes with long buzzer sound TOTAL VOTERS 0 Indicates Total number of voters as zero POST 1 POLLED VOTES 0 Indicates the Post number Indicates polled votes as zero UNDER VOTES 0 Indicates under votes as zero CANDS 2 SEATS 1 Indicates the number of contesting candidates and seats of post 1 CANDIDATE-1 VOTES-0 Indicates zero votes for candidate 1 Note: CU displays zero votes against each candidate in all posts after clear operation. Finally Unfinished Voters shown as Zero & End 40 Message displayed

Under votes & Unfinished Voters Under votes: If voter chooses to press END button without voting for required number of seats then the unselected seats are treated as under votes by the machine. Unfinished Voters: If a Voter casts one or more votes and does not to press END button without voting for required number of seats and leaves the polling booth then to record the votes cast the CU needs to be restarted for further operation. That voter is counted as an unfinished voter and the numbers of unselected seats are treated as under votes by the CU. 41

ERROR MESSAGES ON CU INVALID OPERATION Indicates the CU button pressed is not in sequence of operation LINK ERROR -1 Indicates interconnecting cable has not been properly fixed OR slide switch is in wrong position. Indicates any button/s in any ballot unit is already pressed or jammed. Indicates Clock is not set/working. PRESSED ERROR CLOCK ERROR SDMM CHANGED SDMM NOT RESPONDING ERROR INOPERATIVE Indicates SDMM is not in clear state. Indicates SDMM not present/responding Indicates CU is not fit for use. Note: Ready LED blinking Indicates BU is not fit for use. 42

Election Process FLC COMMISIONING DISTRIBUTION COUNTING POLLING

1) First Level Checking (FLC) Ø ECIL Engineers reports with jigs, tools, spares & Consumables etc. Ø First level Checking is done to ensure the fitness of the EVMs for Election usage. Ø Removal of old tags & cleaning of units is done Ø FLC-OK Green Stickers is affixed on CU and BU on all FLC OK units. Ø Pink paper seal in all FLC-OK CUs Ø Mock-poll will be done as per guidelines. Ø Rejected Red Sticker is affixed on faulty units 44

2) Commissioning ECIL Engineers reports to concerned authorities to assist in following commissioning process. Ø Ballot Unit (BU): Inserting the ballot paper and masking the unused buttons. Ø Control Unit (CU): Installation of the new power pack. Ø Setting the no of Contesting Candidates connecting CU and BU polling station wise. Ø Sealing of the UnitsØ Candidate set section of CU Ø BU Unit & Pink Seal in BU Unit. Ø Conduct mock-poll on EVM as per guide lines. 45

3) Distribution Ø Movement of Units to Polling Station Ø ECIL Engineers are deputed to distribution centers to extend technical support. Ø Polling parties ensures the matching of serial numbers , Seals & Address tags on CU and BU units as well as on their carrying cases. 46

4) Polling Ø Ø ECIL Engineers extends technical support during polling. Mock poll is conducted as per guide lines. CRC done to clear CU and necessary compartments are sealed. Actual Poll is started after completion of the Voter identification process. Ø If unit is failed, the corresponding unit/sets may be replaced as per guidelines. Ø After poll is closed, Units are kept in their carrying cases and brought to collection center. 47

5) Counting Ø ECIL Engineers are deputed to counting centers to extend technical support. Ø Counting is Done as per the guideline. Ø Results are extracted from CUs and tabulated. Ø Winning candidate is declared by concerned authority -------********-------- 48

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