FIREFIES

NAME ID

Afsana Akhi 200

Mahmudul Haque 207

Nazmul Bhuiyan 212

Isabah Mariam 216

Afroza Rahman 218

Rashedur Rahman 221

Electronic Voting Machine
 Electronic
voting machine

Electronic voting (also known as e-voting) refers to

voting using electronic means to either aid or take
care of the chores of casting and counting votes.

EVM is an electronic device of inputting and

recording votes, encrypting data consolidating and
tabulating of election results more accurately and
securely .
 EVMs were first used in 70-Parur Assembly Constituency of Kerala in the year 1982
Polling place electronic voting or Internet voting examples have taken place in
Australia,Belgium,Brazil, Canada,France, Germany, India Switzerland, the UK,and the UAE

NOW ITS IN BANGLADESH

 Mahmudul Hasan Sohag, Chairman of Pi Labs Bangladesh Ltd, together with Bangladesh
University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), invented the device.

EVMs would be introduced in the 11th parliamentary election for the very first time in the
country.
But before this EVMs were lunched in local government polls in 2010 and 2011, but after that,
those were not used further due to technical glitches.
Successful Operation
Officers' Club Election (2007)

Chittagong City Corporation Election (2010)

Comilla City Corporation Election (2011)

Narayanganj City Corporation Election (2011)

 There are three types of EVM
They are:-
punched cards
optical scan voting systems
direct-recording electronic voting systems, or DRE)
FEATURES:-
EVMs do not require electricity. EVMs run on an ordinary battery
Vote Casting is very easy.
Each EVM can accommodate up to 80 candidates & 65000 voters.
Vote counting & result publishing is almost instantaneous & 100% accurate.
0% chance of loosing data, highly stable memory with 4 backups which can store data up to 100
years.
Vote records are completely safe & confidential.
Inspite of damaging of the device vote record can be retrieved.
Battery operated, no need of electricity.
Applicable for both national & panel election.
Reusable & cost effective.
 An Electronic Voting Machine consists of two
Units – a Control Unit and a Balloting Unit –
joined by a five-meter cable. The Control Unit is
placed with the Presiding Officer or a Polling
Officer and the Balloting Unit is placed inside
the voting compartment. Instead of issuing a
ballot paper, the Polling Officer in-charge of the
Control Unit will release a ballot by pressing the
Ballot Button on the Control Unit. This will
enable the voter to cast his vote by pressing the
blue button on the Balloting Unit against the
candidate and symbol of his choice.
 As soon as a particular button on the
Balloting Unit is pressed, the vote is recorded
for that particular candidate and the machine
gets locked. Even if one presses that button
further or any other button, no further vote
will be recorded. This way the EVMs ensure
the principle of "one man, one vote". The
next vote is enabled only when the Presiding
Officer/Polling Officer in-charge of the
Control Unit releases the Ballot by pressing
the Ballot Button. This is a distinct advantage
over the ballot paper system.
 As soon as the voter presses the `blue button' against the candidate and symbol of his choice,
the lamp against symbol of that particular candidate glows red and a long beep sound is heard.
Thus, there is both audio and visual indications for the voter to be assured that his vote has
been recorded correctly. In addition, VVPAT provides an additional visual verification in the form
of paper slip to the voter so he can ensure that his vote has been correctly recorded for the
candidate of his choice.