Voting Machines News - Latest Updates & Headlines
EVMs in country absolutely safe, not being tampered with, says CEC Gyanesh Kumar
New Delhi, April 12: Amidst US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's claims of finding evidence of massive vulnerabilities in EVM machines, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday stated that Electronic Vending Machines (EVMs) in the country were absolutely safe and were not being tampered with.
India's EVMs cannot be connected to internet, ECI sources on Tulsi Gabbard's Voting Machine manipulation statement
New Delhi, April 11: Amidst US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's claims of finding evidence of massive vulnerabilities in voting machines that have allowed hackers to flip votes and tamper with elections, an Election Commission of India (ECI) source on Saturday said that some countries use Electronic Voting Machines which are a mix of multiple systems, machines and processes which also include internet and other private network.
No Internet, Bluetooth in Indian EVMs make them unhackable: ECI sources
New Delhi, April 11: A US official's claim over possible hacking of electronic voting systems in that country was on Friday met with a reassuring calm by the Election Commission of India (ECI) with sources highlighting the Indian EVMs' superior technology and no use of Internet or Bluetooth during voting as foolproof shields against manipulation.
SC dismisses plea seeking 100 pc counting of the VVPAT slips
New Delhi, April 7: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) that there should be 100 per cent manual counting of the VVPAT slips in addition to electronic counting by the control unit of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).
SC asks ECI not to erase, upload EVMs data during verification
New Delhi, Feb 11: The Supreme Court on Tuesday told the Election Commission of India (ECI) not to erase or reload the data while carrying out Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) verification.
No repoll required in absence of complaints by nominees: Delhi CEO
New Delhi, Feb 6: In the absence of any complaint from the 699 candidates, no re-poll is required in any of the 70 Assemblies, Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi R. Alice Vaz said on Thursday after the scrutiny of election documents.
Proud of how ECI conducts elections even in places with single voter: BJP MP Arun Singh on National Voters Day
New Delhi, January 25: BJP MP Arun Singh on Saturday lauded the Election Commission on National Voters Day, calling India's elections the most unbiased in the world, with widespread trust in the integrity of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
140 crore Indians associate themselves with Hindutva...: Piyush Goyal hits back at Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai, January 25: Union Minister Piyush Goyal hit back heavily against Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party represents the aspirations of 140 crore Indians and remains committed to Hindutva.