AICF polls: Chauhan camp questions integrity of online voting

By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Jan 3 : A day before Monday’s elections for All India Chess Federation (AICF) officer-bearers, the chess body’s Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan and his supporters have raised serious concerns about the integrity and security of the online voting process.
On the other hand, the rival faction led by former AICF President P.R. Venketrama Raja have no objections to the online electoral process.
Listing out various concerns on the integrity of the online voting and counting system developed by a private company, Chauhan, in his January 1, 2021 mail to the AICF Election Officer K. Kannan, requested cancellation of virtual voting and conduct of the election and voting as per the provisions of the National Sports Development Code 2011.
Kannan is a retired judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
“When the Election Commission of India has the system of Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) where lakhs of people vote, nothing like that is being provided in this AICF elections where there are only 64 voters,” Chauhan told IANS.
According to him, the online voting system is developed by Zoho Corporation, a city based software company.