Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh went to polls yesterday, 13th October 2009. Electronic Voting Machinses (EVM's) were used in all these three States.
The very purpose of having EVM's is to facilitate easier counting. In fact, for Assembly elections, the counting can be done in less than 2 hours, including the counting of Postal Ballots.
I can't for the life of me understand the logic behind Election Commission defering the Counting of Votes till the 22nd of October.
Apart from defeating the very purpose of having EVMs, this gives credence to the suspicions of EVM's being manupulated to suit Congress, as raised by many concerned people.
The hilarious thing is that, in 1970' and 80's, when paper ballot were used, the results used to be announced not more than 48 hours after the final vote is cast. And counting paper ballot is so cumbersome.
Utterly inexplicable!
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