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In recent years, electoral processes, results and integrity of the results have been the focus of heated discussions. Alongside this, there have been continuous collaborative efforts to determine the security of the technology along with impact on rights, privacy and data governance. The various reports around the prototyping of blockchain based technology to be used for elections in India provide a perfect opportunity to examine the topic and acquire sufficient insights.
Many countries are exploring and experimenting a set of different approaches to enable more streamlined voting that is secure, efficient and auditable. As part of the conference, we will discuss some of the following topics:
A topic of this nature is designed to appeal to the widest cross section of the audience, including:
This list is indicative, and not exhaustive:
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Submitted Jan 12, 2022
The Electoral Bonds scheme was first announced by the then Finance Minister of India in his budget
speech in Parliament on February 01, 2017. The heading of the section (consisting to two
paragraphs) in the speech was Transparency in Electoral Funding.
The same afternoon, the FM said in a Media Interaction that “These bonds will be bearer in
character to keep the donor anonymous” [emphasis added]. This is what started doubts about the
actual intention behind the scheme.
Subsequent developments and disclosures, mostly using the RTI law, have confirmed that the actual
intention behind introducing the scheme was not increasing transparency but putting a curtain on
whatever transparency existed.
Some salient features of the scheme and their impact will be discussed during the talk.
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