👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES -1 -> 31 MAY👀
💥Daily Word Bytes - 1 from editorial -Paper chase: the need to review use of VVPATs💥
paper trail (noun) – document log; a series of documents that used as an evidence for activities by an organization (from beginning to end).
Hindu Editorial usage : The Election Commission must review the use of paper trail machines in the polling process
glitch (noun) – problem, difficulty, issue/complication.
Hindu Editorial usage : The high incidence of glitches in the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in Monday’s by-elections should be a major cause of concern for the Election Commission of India.
Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) – it is a method of providing feedback to voters using a ballot-less voting system. it consists of physical paper records of voter ballots as voters have cast them on an electronic voting system.
Hindu Editorial usage : The high incidence of glitches in the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in Monday’s by-elections should be a major cause of concern for the Election Commission of India.
concern (noun) – responsibility, importance, matter of interest.
Hindu Editorial usage : The high incidence of glitches in the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in Monday’s by-elections should be a major cause of concern for the Election Commission of India.
malfunction (noun) – failure, breakdown, fault.
Hindu Editorial usage : Ever since the implementation of the VVPAT system last year, machine malfunction and subsequent delays in polling have been recurring issues
recur (verb) – happen, reappear, taking place repeatedly.
Hindu Editorial usage : Ever since the implementation of the VVPAT system last year, machine malfunction and subsequent delays in polling have been recurring issues
deploy (verb) – use, utilize, employ.
Hindu Editorial usage : Close to 4.2% of the VVPAT machines deployed in the Karnataka Assembly elections this month developed glitches during the testing as well as polling processes
prone to (adjective) – vulnerable, susceptible, at risk of.
Hindu Editorial usage : The ECI has suggested that these machines were more prone to malfunctioning due to their sensitivity to extreme weather conditions and exposure to light.
inexperience (noun) – ignorance, unawareness, lack of knowledge.
Hindu Editorial usage : It also blamed the relative inexperience of polling officers handling them, compared to the ballot and control units for the electronic voting machines (EVMs) that have been in use for much longer.
Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) – it consists of two Units – a Control Unit and a Balloting Unit – joined by a five-meter cable. The Control Unit is with the Presiding Officer or a Polling Officer and the Balloting Unit is placed inside the voting compartment.
Hindu Editorial usage : It also blamed the relative inexperience of polling officers handling them, compared to the ballot and control units for the electronic voting machines (EVMs) that have been in use for much longer.
hold up (phrasal verb) – remain successful.
Hindu Editorial usage : The technical committee of the ECI is now faced with a challenge to ensure that the VVPAT machines hold up, with the general election due next year in the hot summer months.
audit (noun) – inspect, examine, assess.
Hindu Editorial usage : The VVPAT was added to the EVM to audit the voter tallies stored in the machine.
deem (verb) – regard as, consider; think/judge.
Hindu Editorial usage : Its universal implementation — which began in the Goa Assembly polls in February 2017 — was deemed necessary as many political parties complained about the possible hacking of EVMs
hasten (verb) – speed up, accelerate/expedite, hurry.
Hindu Editorial usage : These complaints lacked any basis, but the VVPAT implementation was hastened to bring back trust in the election process.
stray (adjective) – random, accidental, unexpected.
Hindu Editorial usage : In all elections where it has been used, the VVPAT tallies have matched with the EVM counts, but for a stray case or two when the VVPAT machine was not reset before polling began.
inadvertently (adverb) – accidentally, unintentionally; mistakenly.
Hindu Editorial usage : Inadvertently, the use of these machines, which are adjuncts to the ballot and control units of the EVMs, has added to the complexity of an otherwise simple, single programmable-chip based system, and rendered it prone to more glitches
adjunct (noun) – supplement, addition, extra.
Hindu Editorial usage :Inadvertently, the use of these machines, which are adjuncts to the ballot and control units of the EVMs, has added to the complexity of an otherwise simple, single programmable-chip based system, and rendered it prone to more glitches
empirical (adjective) – practical, actual, real.
Hindu Editorial usage : There is enough empirical evidence to show that EVMs have eased polling and helped increase voter turnout since being put to use.
turnout (noun) – output, show/gather.
Hindu Editorial usage : There is enough empirical evidence to show that EVMs have eased polling and helped increase voter turnout since being put to use.
sceptic (noun) – cynic, doubter/questioner, pessimist.
Hindu Editorial usage : The Election Commission must review the use of paper trail machines in the polling process
glitch (noun) – problem, difficulty, issue/complication.
Hindu Editorial usage : The high incidence of glitches in the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in Monday’s by-elections should be a major cause of concern for the Election Commission of India.
Hindu Editorial usage : The high incidence of glitches in the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in Monday’s by-elections should be a major cause of concern for the Election Commission of India.
Hindu Editorial usage : The high incidence of glitches in the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in Monday’s by-elections should be a major cause of concern for the Election Commission of India.
Hindu Editorial usage : Ever since the implementation of the VVPAT system last year, machine malfunction and subsequent delays in polling have been recurring issues
Hindu Editorial usage : Ever since the implementation of the VVPAT system last year, machine malfunction and subsequent delays in polling have been recurring issues
Hindu Editorial usage : Close to 4.2% of the VVPAT machines deployed in the Karnataka Assembly elections this month developed glitches during the testing as well as polling processes
Hindu Editorial usage : The ECI has suggested that these machines were more prone to malfunctioning due to their sensitivity to extreme weather conditions and exposure to light.
Hindu Editorial usage : It also blamed the relative inexperience of polling officers handling them, compared to the ballot and control units for the electronic voting machines (EVMs) that have been in use for much longer.
Hindu Editorial usage : It also blamed the relative inexperience of polling officers handling them, compared to the ballot and control units for the electronic voting machines (EVMs) that have been in use for much longer.
Hindu Editorial usage : The technical committee of the ECI is now faced with a challenge to ensure that the VVPAT machines hold up, with the general election due next year in the hot summer months.
Hindu Editorial usage : The VVPAT was added to the EVM to audit the voter tallies stored in the machine.
Hindu Editorial usage : Its universal implementation — which began in the Goa Assembly polls in February 2017 — was deemed necessary as many political parties complained about the possible hacking of EVMs
Hindu Editorial usage : These complaints lacked any basis, but the VVPAT implementation was hastened to bring back trust in the election process.
Hindu Editorial usage : In all elections where it has been used, the VVPAT tallies have matched with the EVM counts, but for a stray case or two when the VVPAT machine was not reset before polling began.
Hindu Editorial usage : Inadvertently, the use of these machines, which are adjuncts to the ballot and control units of the EVMs, has added to the complexity of an otherwise simple, single programmable-chip based system, and rendered it prone to more glitches
adjunct (noun) – supplement, addition, extra.
Hindu Editorial usage :Inadvertently, the use of these machines, which are adjuncts to the ballot and control units of the EVMs, has added to the complexity of an otherwise simple, single programmable-chip based system, and rendered it prone to more glitches
empirical (adjective) – practical, actual, real.
Hindu Editorial usage : There is enough empirical evidence to show that EVMs have eased polling and helped increase voter turnout since being put to use.
Hindu Editorial usage : There is enough empirical evidence to show that EVMs have eased polling and helped increase voter turnout since being put to use.
Hindu Editorial usage : But in using VVPAT machines to reassure sceptics about an election’s integrity, the ECI has introduced a new element, and cost, to the process.
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