Opposition parties plan to approach the Election Commission (EC) again, urging a reconsideration of their demand for the verification of at least a quarter of all EVMs. Currently, the EC is required to verify EVMs in only five randomly selected booths in every Lok Sabha constituency, which the opposition says constitutes just about 2% of all EVMs. At the same time, opposition parties should show more flexibility and admit the logic of the current random sample’s sufficiency. Statistically speaking, if randomly selected, a small fraction of all EVMs verified is all it takes to confirm that they work fine. For the sake of a healthy democracy, both the Opposition and the EC should adopt a conciliatory approach on the matter.

Source: Mint May 07, 2019 12:45 UTC