Amazon Quiz (December 19, 2021): India’s first smartphone-based e-voting solution is being tested in a dummy election at Khammam in which state?

A. Uttar Pradesh

B. Kerala

C. Gujarat

D. Telangana

Answer: Telangana 

The dry run at Telangana was open to all people in the district. They had to use Telangana State Election Commission’s (TSEC) android app, called TSEC e-vote. The application has the necessary security to bind the user’s device ID and phone number, so only that device can be used by the voter while making their democratic choice. 

At the time of testing, a note about the app read, “The solution leverages Artificial Intelligence for a three-factor authentication of valid voter viz. Name Matching with Aadhaar, Liveness Detection of Individual, and Image Matching with EPIC Database (with up to 15~20-year-old records). Further, Blockchain (Distributed Ledger) technology has been used to secure the de-identified and encrypted votes so that they are maintained as immutable records. The smartphone application follows a minimalist design approach and supports both English and Telugu, and also has a detailed help section with tutorial videos and helpline number to aid the citizens.”