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…]
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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…]
SC rejects Congress plea for 20% vote count via VVPAT in Gujarat
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea by the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) seeking direction to the Election Commission (EC) to count votes through paper trail attached to the EVMs in 20 per cent of the polling booths in Gujarat. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak[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…]
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…]