Security Of Voting Machines

Most Opposition parties have objected to the Election Commission's proposal to introduce remote voting machines for migrant voters. From security of voting machines to challenges in running a campaign, they have raised several questions

The Election Commission today ordered fresh voting in one polling station of Assam's Ratabari seat following a controversy over officials inexplicably transporting an electronic voting machine (EVM) in a BJP candidate's car yesterday.

With exit polls in Delhi predicting a comfortable win for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called a meeting of senior leaders of the party and its election strategist Prashant Kishor to discuss the security of Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs ahead of counting day on Tuesday, sources said.

Exit polls predicted today that Delhi has granted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a third consecutive term, and the BJP a better performance than last time. Both parties have called internal meetings - the Aam Aadmi Party to discuss security for the Electronic voting Machines and the BJP to discuss the election. The national capital turned out in st...

Haryana police on Tuesday said they have made a three-tier security arrangement for the safety of Electronic Voting Machines and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial machines brought to the strong rooms after polling in the state.

The opposition parties in several states are keeping a round-the-clock vigil on the storage rooms where the voting machines are kept in high security, ahead of the counting of votes in the national election. This comes amid complaints of alleged tampering of EVMs and protests erupted in Uttar Pradesh after videos of alleged movement and tampering o...

Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday expressed concern at allegations of EVM or vote machine tampering - described by him as tampering of voters' verdict -- and said the "onus of ensuring institutional integrity" lies with the Election Commission. "The safety and security of EVMs which are in the custody of the EC is the responsibility of t...

Amid concerns about voting machines just ahead of the counting of votes in the national election, allegations have surfaced of voting machines being moved out of their strongrooms in parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Reports of Electronic Voting Machine malfunction, missing names from voters' list and sporadic violence in which two died in Andhra Pradesh, marked the first phase of voting in the mammoth, seven-phase exercise that began today to choose who rules the world's largest democracy for the next five years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose BJP became ...

A BSF sub-inspector was allegedly found using a laptop computer outside a strongroom housing Electronic Voting Machines in Bemetara district of Chhattisgarh, officials said on Wednesday.

Madhya Pradesh's top poll officer on Monday sought to allay doubts about the security of Electronic Voting Machines, saying they were safe under a three-layered surveillance system backed by CCTV cameras.

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed Delhi University to keep in safe custody, the Electronic Voting Machines used in the student union elections following a plea by three candidates of the Congress-backed National Students Union of India (NSUI) challenging the polls.

Def Con, one of the world's largest hacker conventions, will serve as a laboratory for breaking into voting machines this week, extending its efforts to identify potential security flaws in technology that may be used in the November U.S. elections.

Amid uproar over tampering of electronic voting machines (EVM) in the country, the "totaliser" that is expected to mask voting patterns at counting stations, thus adding a layer of security to the process, has no supporters. When the Supreme Court today asked what's stopping the Centre from amending the law so that the totaliser can be used in coun...

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress leader Virbhadra Singh today urged the Election Commission to ensure proper security of VVPAT machines from the day of voting for the Assembly polls on November 9 till December 18, the date of counting of votes.

Most Opposition parties have objected to the Election Commission's proposal to introduce remote voting machines for migrant voters. From security of voting machines to challenges in running a campaign, they have raised several questions

The Election Commission today ordered fresh voting in one polling station of Assam's Ratabari seat following a controversy over officials inexplicably transporting an electronic voting machine (EVM) in a BJP candidate's car yesterday.

With exit polls in Delhi predicting a comfortable win for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called a meeting of senior leaders of the party and its election strategist Prashant Kishor to discuss the security of Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs ahead of counting day on Tuesday, sources said.

Exit polls predicted today that Delhi has granted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a third consecutive term, and the BJP a better performance than last time. Both parties have called internal meetings - the Aam Aadmi Party to discuss security for the Electronic voting Machines and the BJP to discuss the election. The national capital turned out in st...

Haryana police on Tuesday said they have made a three-tier security arrangement for the safety of Electronic Voting Machines and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial machines brought to the strong rooms after polling in the state.

The opposition parties in several states are keeping a round-the-clock vigil on the storage rooms where the voting machines are kept in high security, ahead of the counting of votes in the national election. This comes amid complaints of alleged tampering of EVMs and protests erupted in Uttar Pradesh after videos of alleged movement and tampering o...

Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday expressed concern at allegations of EVM or vote machine tampering - described by him as tampering of voters' verdict -- and said the "onus of ensuring institutional integrity" lies with the Election Commission. "The safety and security of EVMs which are in the custody of the EC is the responsibility of t...

Amid concerns about voting machines just ahead of the counting of votes in the national election, allegations have surfaced of voting machines being moved out of their strongrooms in parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Reports of Electronic Voting Machine malfunction, missing names from voters' list and sporadic violence in which two died in Andhra Pradesh, marked the first phase of voting in the mammoth, seven-phase exercise that began today to choose who rules the world's largest democracy for the next five years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose BJP became ...

A BSF sub-inspector was allegedly found using a laptop computer outside a strongroom housing Electronic Voting Machines in Bemetara district of Chhattisgarh, officials said on Wednesday.

Madhya Pradesh's top poll officer on Monday sought to allay doubts about the security of Electronic Voting Machines, saying they were safe under a three-layered surveillance system backed by CCTV cameras.

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed Delhi University to keep in safe custody, the Electronic Voting Machines used in the student union elections following a plea by three candidates of the Congress-backed National Students Union of India (NSUI) challenging the polls.

Def Con, one of the world's largest hacker conventions, will serve as a laboratory for breaking into voting machines this week, extending its efforts to identify potential security flaws in technology that may be used in the November U.S. elections.

Amid uproar over tampering of electronic voting machines (EVM) in the country, the "totaliser" that is expected to mask voting patterns at counting stations, thus adding a layer of security to the process, has no supporters. When the Supreme Court today asked what's stopping the Centre from amending the law so that the totaliser can be used in coun...

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress leader Virbhadra Singh today urged the Election Commission to ensure proper security of VVPAT machines from the day of voting for the Assembly polls on November 9 till December 18, the date of counting of votes.