Electronic Voting Machine: Here's all you wanted to know about India's EVMs
Electronic Voting Machine: Here's all you wanted to know about India's EVMs In the wake of several political parties questioning whether electronic voting machines are tamper-proof, the Election Commission now plans to introduce an advanced version of EVM ahead of the 2019 General Elections. The controversy surrounding the electronic voting machine (EVM) tampering was reignited after the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party raised the issue with the Election Commission recently. Ahead of the crucial MCD election in the Capital, both the parties sought scrapping of the EVMs after a video showed that the (VVPAT) machine used during a trial in Bhind, Madhya Pradesh, dispensed slips with the BJP's poll symbol. Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Saleena Singh, however, denied the reports on Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine dispensing BJP slips. The Election Commission has now sought a detailed report from the poll authorities in Bhind. Bes