A study conducted by team at the University of California suggests that a simple snap with a smartphone camera could help make elections fairer. What do you think about this method to deter election fraud using smartphone snaps ?
tirlapur, i did not quite understand the research. So, is the snap after, before or during the elections? And why only smartphone camera and not with just any camera or such devices that can take pictures with maybe some computing power, if necessary?
Himanshu, good question. The team sent out local researchers to take pictures of the forms containing the final count result at more than 400 polling stations during the 2010 parliamentary elections. On the day of voting, around half of the stations in the study were told that this instantaneous record would be made the following day. Research found that found that this announcement of monitoring reduced the amount of tampering by 60 per cent.
Well, the introduction of any monitoring system especially cameras will definately give this same result any where.
@Adenji, true. I am also not sure what advantages these smartphone have over security cameras. I guess the only advantage will be easy mobility of smartphone cameras.
Until there's someone who witnessed or experienced it during the election. Though, i still doubt this research work applicability for election monitoring.
I doubt this would be the case. Having human intervention necessary lends itself to the same issue that they are trying to prevent. Technology must be the driver.
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