Electronic Voting Machines

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EVMs may be under a cloud in India but more than 20 nations use them

Political parties have alleged that EVMs can be tampered with and demanded a return to paper ballotsIn the US, direct vote-recording machines are used in 27 states, while 15 states use machines with paper audit trail machines

2 min read29 Jan 2019
Politics

Is the EVM controversy over in Gujarat?

There was no mismatch in the random vote count on EVMs and VVPAT slips carried out by the EC across 182 polling stations in Gujarat, says official

2 min read19 Dec 2017
Politics

Why EVMs matter in India

It is the poor and the underprivileged who stand to lose the most if we junk electronic voting machines (EVMs) and go back to paper ballots

8 min read3 Jul 2017
Politics

Delhi may soon get a special godown for storing all EVMs

The EVMs in Delhi are currently kept at various strong rooms spread across colleges, other institutions and establishments, under very high security cover

2 min read2 Jul 2017
Politics

Election Commission's EVM challenge a damp squib

Both political partiesNCP and CPMwhich had registered as challengers, refused to attempt hacking the EVMs at the Election Commission's challenge

2 min read3 Jun 2017
Politics

EVM challenge: Parties yet to send entries to Election Commission

None of the opposition parties that cried foul about tampering have taken up the Election Commission's EVM challenge to hack the machines

3 min read26 May 2017
Politics

Election Commission says EVM challenge to begin from 3 June

The Election Commission of India announced the EVM challenge will start from 3 June, asserting that the machines are tamper-proof

3 min read20 May 2017
Politics

Prove EVMs can be tampered with: Election Commission's challenge to parties

The Election Commission will ensure 100% paper trail coverage for Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in all future Lok Sabha and assembly elections

4 min read12 May 2017
Politics

VVPAT machines will be used for all future elections: Nasim Zaidi

At all-party meeting on Friday, chief election commissioner Nasim Zaidi seeks to put controversy over electronic voting machines (EVMs) at rest

2 min read12 May 2017
Politics

EVM tampering: AAP asks EC to form all-party panel to look into allegations

AAP demands an all-party panel under Election Commission to look into allegations of EVM tampering, also seeks access to EVMs used in recently held assembly polls

1 min read11 May 2017