SC rejects pleas seeking verification of all EVM votes with VVPAT slips

[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Friday rejected all pleas seeking the tallying of all Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail slips to verify votes cast through Electronic Voting Machines, reported The Indian Express.A division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar...

Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?

[ad_1] On this episode of Scroll Ideas, we discuss the vulnerabilities of the election process in India with Kannan Gopinathan. Kannan Gopinathan was a member of the IAS between 2012 and 2019 and is now an activist. He has earlier...

‘400 paar’ claim by BJP raises doubts about democratic process, EVMs: Kanhaiya Kumar

[ad_1] The BJP's claim that it will win more than 400 seats in the Lok Sabha polls has created doubts among people about the country's democratic process and electronic voting machines (EVMs), Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar said on Saturday. In...

‘Junk EVMs, bring back ballot’: Cloud of mistrust hangs over polls in western UP

[ad_1] On April 1, the Supreme Court asked the Election Commission to respond to a petition calling for a complete count of the paper slips generated when votes are cast on electronic voting machines to allay “doubt among the general...