With trends suggesting Telangana Rashtra Samithi likely to retain government in Telangana, opposition parties claimed manipulation of EVM machines during polling. Responding to the Congress’s claims, TRS leader and daughter of sitting Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, K Kavitha said that the losing party always says the EVMs have been[Read More…]
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Using faulty EVMs a ploy to manipulate votes: Mamata on MP polls
Purulia, Criticising the malfunctioning of some Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) during the ongoing Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that providing faulty EVMs was a ploy to manipulate people’s votes. Taking a swipe at the Election Commission, Banerjee said it is the responsibility[Read More…]
Congress, other opposition parties demand switch to ballot papers, meet Election Commission today
Opposition parties to take their demand of bringing back the ballot paper instead of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the upcoming elections and thereafter to the Election Commission today on Monday. 17 other like-minded opposition parties including the National Democratic Alliance ally Shiv Sena are coming together on one platform[Read More…]
Is Congress planning to boycott general election 2019?
Congress along with other like-minded opposition parties in states are planning to call a stir to protest against the present mode of voting in India. According to a reliable source, all the non-BJP parties are coming together on one platform with a demand to switch back to the previous mode[Read More…]
US election officials worried as hackers break into EVMs
Amid the growing debate over whether electronic voting machines (EVMs) are hackable or not, elections officials in the US are worried over the increasing “information warfare” as mid-term polls loom. According to a CNN report, at the annual “Def Con hacker convention” here over the weekend, state and local election officials who attended the[Read More…]
Gujarat assembly polls: Repolling on Sunday in six booths of 2nd phase
The Election Commission has ordered repolling on Sunday in six booths of the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections. The re-polling was ordered on Friday late night, citing technical reasons, and the EC annulled the polling data that was present in the EVMs. Separately, the poll panel has ordered[Read More…]
If Gujarat exit polls right, BJP has manipulated EVMs: AAP
Even as various exit polls predicted BJP victory in the Gujarat assembly elections, the AAP on Friday questioned these but said if results on December 18 indeed tallied with the predictions the BJP must have manipulated the EVMs. “There were massive crowds at rallies of Patidar leader Hardik Patel. BJP[Read More…]
Gujarat second phase clocks nearly 69% voting; all eyes on December 18
The second and final phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections on Thursday saw 68.70 per cent ballotting across 14 districts of the northern and central regions of the state, to pick 93 lawmakers. Though voting in the second phase was a bit higher than the first phase, it is still[Read More…]
EC to get 40 lakh VVPAT machines, EVMs by September 2018: AK Joti
The Election Commission will get 40 lakh VVPAT machines and EVMs by September 2018 for use in the 2019 general elections, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AK Joti said on Wednesday. The VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) machine attached to an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) generates a paper slip with the[Read More…]
Congress urges EC to restore faith in election process
The Congress party on Tuesday said that the Election Commission needs to restore people’s trust in the process of voting. Congress leader K.T.S. Tulsi “I think it’s a very serious matter because even the demonstration which was given by the Election Commission in Madhya Pradesh, it was noticed that whichever[Read More…]
People and not EVMs should choose representatives: Mayawati
Soon after the Uttar Pradesh election result, BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesday alleged in the Rajya Sabha that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) have been tampered during the polls. “Representatives should be of people’s choice and not that of EVMs,” she said, raising the issue during Zero Hour. “Democracy is being murdered,”[Read More…]
VVPAT machines at every polling booth by 2019 general elections: EC
The Election Commission (EC) has announced that it is gearing up to make the voting system watertight by introducing voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) by the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The EC also dismisses speculation over the reliability of electronic voting machines (EVMs), saying the technology is dependable. “The[Read More…]
Returning to ballot papers will be a retrograde step: Anna Hazare
After Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal demanded for reverting to ballot papers for municipal polls in Delhi on Wednesday, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare lashes out at his former protégé saying it would be a retrograde step. “In times when great technological advancement is taking place, returning to ballot papers[Read More…]
Hazare slams Kejriwal’s demand for paper ballots
EVMs ‘managed’ to favour BJP in UP: Mayawati
Just after the poll results hinted towards BJP win in Uttar Pradesh, BSP chief Mayawati alleged that voting machines had been “managed” in favor of the BJP in UP, on Saturday. The veteran leader further states that it was difficult to accept the “very surprising” election results. “These election results[Read More…]
Punjab polls: Faulty EVMs cause delay
Petitions in Pakistan court to ban Indian movies, EVMs
A petition demanding the ban on exporting electronic voting machines and biometric machines from India has been filed in the Lahore high court. Advocate Azhar Siddique has filed a writ petition on behalf of a citizen, and said the Pakistan Election Commission (ECP) opened bidding to acquire the electronic voting[Read More…]