Parties want EC to enhance confidence on EVM use

Last Updated: Monday, October 4, 2010, 18:10

Political parties Monday said the Election Commission should take steps to enhance the confidence of people on use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in polls in view of apprehensions that they could be tampered with.

EVMs not tamper-proof, return to ballot paper system: RSS

Last Updated: Sunday, September 5, 2010, 23:07

RSS has demanded re-introduction of ballot paper system in elections, claiming that electronic voting machines are not tamper-proof and ruling parties can "misuse" them to get desired results in polls.

Lalu, Mulayam oppose EVMs; Moily says they are tamper-proof

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 21:55

RJD leader Lalu Prasad and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today led an opposition attack against Electronic Voting Machines, saying these could be tampered with, an allegation stoutly denied by the government.

Man who cast doubts on EVMs arrested

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 15:51

The Election Commission has termed as "patently false" the allegation that a Hyderabad- based technical coordinator, who claimed that electronic voting machines could be tampered with, was arrested at the behest of the EC.

US experts say Indian EVMs not tamper-proof

Last Updated: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 13:17

A group of IT experts from US have claimed that the Indian EVMs are not tamper-proof and asked the Election Commission to explore other forms of voting that provide "transparency" and security.

EVMs to be used in panchayat elections in Haryana

Last Updated: Monday, April 12, 2010, 22:26

Electronic Voting Machines would be used for the first time in panchayat elections in Haryana when people would elect local body leaders in 13 districts of the state next month.

Not against EVMs, but need paper back-up: Gadkari

Last Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010, 21:18

BJP chief Nitin Gadkari today said his party was not against Electronic Voting Machines or use of technology in elections but wanted paper back-up as it had still not been proved that EVMs were tamper-proof.

Advani blogs against use of EVMs in polls

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 00:37

Advani on Monday welcomed the Election Commission`s plans to discuss the issue of paid news with political parties and suggested that this meeting should also deal with the misgivings about EVMs in India and abroad.

EVMs enhance credibility of India`s elections: PM

Last Updated: Monday, January 25, 2010, 16:38

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday listed electronic voting machines (EVMs) as one of the breakthroughs that had lent credibility to the Indian electoral process.

Show cause to Firozabad SDM for not depositing EVMs

Last Updated: Monday, November 9, 2009, 23:40

The District Election officer (DEO) on Monday ordered to register an FIR against those officers responsible for not depositing a number of EVMs even after two days of the Parliamentary by-elections here.

State police not to guard EVMs during upcoming state polls

Last Updated: Sunday, September 27, 2009, 14:05

State police in poll-bound Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh will be kept away from guarding the strong rooms where the Electronic Voting Machines will be stored after polling.

CPM for all party meet to clear doubts about EVMs

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 21:35

The CPI(M) on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to hold a meeting of all parties and technical experts to clear doubts and allay apprehensions about the use of electronic voting machines.