33. One more EASY way to rig 100,000 EVMs by rigging display

Dear All,

From notes of Professor Alex of University of Michigan (see
http://www.indianevm.com/international.php for his notes), I could see that there is one more way to rig EVMs.

The EVM display consists of about 15 seven segment LEDs (square eights). The display unit is generally a whole separately assembled unit with one connector having 5-8 holes. The connector is attached to socket in motherboard. The CPU sends instructions to display unit. Each instruction has list segments to be lit or unlit.

Now say there are 20 candidates in EVMs. Then on the result counting day, then display unit of EVM will get 23 messages from CPU. The first one will show the number of candidates. The second one will show total polled voted. And next 20 messages will show votes each 20 candidates got. And last one is "OVER".

Now say display is rigged as follow

1. The display has a circuit that can accept radio signals
2. Over radio signal, it gets the serial number of the candidate to be favored.
3. It subtracts 20% votes from all candidates and adds 20% to the favorite candidate.

So the memory of EVM has unrigged numbers. But the display will show rigged numbers.

Now how many field agents are needed? Only one per Loksabha Constituency. That field agent can have some equipment like camera and he can pose himself as cameramen of some TV company. And that field agent can be passive and not active. He wont even know that the camera has radio signal sending equipment inside it. So number of active field agents needed are zero.

And how many people I need inside CEC to rig EVMs? None.

How many agents I need inside BEL? Only top 5-8 people who will not resist the rigged display despite knowledge. So all in all, with just 5-8 people inside BEL, and some 500 passive field agents one can rig 100,000 EVMs and alter the results of 500 seats. Now instead of radio signal, the display can also use modulo-5 logic (explained in http://rahulmehta.com/evm1.pdf ) . In such case, no radio-receiving circuit is needed for the display.

CEC says "rig this EVM". It refuses to even listen to scenarios where insiders can rig EVMs. Well, we know that threat to electronic rigging, be banks or EVMs, is more from insiders than outsiders. And when stake are high, and if mere 5-10 insiders can rig EVMs, chances that they will let the opportunity pass seem to be too slim.

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