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EC’s open dare to hack EVMs next month

Posted in S. Asia

Published on April 14, 2017 with No Comments

The Election Commission of India has thrown an “open challenge” to people to hack its electronic voting machines (EVMs), a move which comes after Opposition parties urged it to revert to the paper ballot system raising doubts over infallibility of the machines.

“From the first week of May, experts, scientists, technocrats can come for a week or 10 days and try to hack the machines,” media from India reported citing its official source.  They said the challenge would be open for a week or 10 days and will have various levels.  The Election Commission had announced a similar challenge in 2009 and it claimed no one could hack its EVMs.

“If EVM tampering was possible, I wouldn’t have been CM”

Taking a swipe at those alleging tampering in the Electronic Voting Machines, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has said that if such a thing was possible then the Shiromani Akali Dal would have won the state elections.

“If EVMs were fixed, I would not be sitting here, the Akalis would be,” Capt Amarinder Singh told news channel from India.

The EVM tampering allegations, which were initially made by Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP after its dismal performance in Goa and Punjab, has now the backing of close to 16 parties, including the Congress and the BSP.

Leaders of around 16 opposition parties met President Pranab Mukherjee  over the allegations of electronic voting machine tampering.

The leaders of the major political parties had earlier met the Election Commission regarding this issue. The opposition leaders are demanding that VVPAT (paper trail of voting) be introduced in all future elections.

The Congress has also been pushing for use of ballot papers instead of EVMs in upcoming elections in view of the alleged tampering. Politicians from various parties have openly alleged tampering of electronic voting machines in the recently concluded assembly elections in five states with Mayawati and Arvind Kejriwal being at the forefront of such accusations.

 

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