i don't think the doctored jan 2009 machines were the only ones used in the election, but they were probably the ones sent to the constituencies where fraud was to occur. these, if you remember from azeera rahman's article, were the ones that were 'improvised' (read 'had the trojan horse implanted in them')
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From: S. Kalyanaraman
From: S. Kalyanaraman
A request under RTI Act should be made to EC of India to clarify: 1. If programs used on EVMs were modified in January 2009 to install date/time-recoding of a ballot; 2. if all the new EVMs (about 200,000) acquired in January 2009 were the only ones used in the 2009 elections; and 3. procedures adopted to audit and validate transparently, in consultation with political parties, to ensure that Jan. 2009 revisions were properly implemented without allowing for any external tampering using wireless chip implants in selected constituencies.
Kalyanaraman
http://sites.google.com/site/hindunew/electronic-voting-machines
How to Trust Electronic Voting
June 22, 2009
EDITORIAL NY Times
Electronic voting machines that do not produce a paper record of every vote cast cannot be trusted. In 2008, more than one-third of the states, including New Jersey and Texas, still did not require all votes to be recorded on paper. Representative Rush Holt has introduced a good bill that would ban paperless electronic voting in all federal elections. Congress should pass it while there is still time to get ready for 2010.
... deletedhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/opinion/22mon2.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
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