Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court

[ad_1] The microcontrollers in the Electronic Voting Machines and the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail are “agnostic” as they do not recognise a party or the candidate’s name, the Supreme Court observed verbally on Wednesday, according to The Hindu.A bench...

Information panel expresses ‘severe displeasure’ to poll body for not replying to RTI query on EVMs

[ad_1] The Central Information Commission expressed its “severe displeasure” to the Election Commission after the poll body did not respond to a Right to Information plea asking about steps taken to ensure the credibility of Electronic Voting Machines and Voter...