Evm Challenge

The Supreme Court's massive vote of confidence to EVM machines today also came with a precautionary measure -- the sealing of a crucial part of VVPAT machines and enabling the first and second runners-up in an election to challenge the outcome.

Supreme Court dismissed a plea challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Representation of the People Act, which had led to the introduction of electronic voting machines (EVMs) instead of ballot papers for polls in the country.

Controversy had erupted two days before the counting after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, the biggest challenger to the BJP, alleged that Electronic Voting Machines were being stolen from a counting Centre in Varanasi.

Supreme Court agreed to consider listing a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of a provision of the Representation of People Act which had led to the introduction of EVMs instead of ballot papers for polls in the country.

A petition has been filed in Supreme Court challenging Delhi High Court order which dismissed a plea seeking direction to Election Commission to stop use of electronic voting machines and revert to ballot papers in forthcoming polls in the country.

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission on a plea challenging the legal provision mandating six months jail for questioning the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

Election Commission has filed petition challenging CIC's February 12 order holding that the EVM, which is available with the EC in a material form and also as samples, is an information under the RTI Act.

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.

The AAP, which had said it would organise an EVM-hacking challenge parallel to the Election Commission's (EC's) one today, said it will hold the exercise later, and has invited two government agencies which provide Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to the EC to take part in.

The Sharad Pawar-led NCP on Saturday said the Election Commission's EVM challenge was an "eyewash" because of last-minute change in procedure for the selection of EVMs and non-supply of sought information.

The Communist Party of India raised doubts about the Election Commission's "deplorable" move of not allowing it to witness today's EVM challenge and said that thepoll watchdog's approach of secrecy was against spirit of its invitation letter seeking cooperation from political parties over the matter.

Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party and the Left will try to prove that electronic voting machines (EVMs) can be rigged as the Election Commission gets ready to host its EVM challenge in Delhi this morning. On Friday evening, the Uttarakhand High Court rejected a plea which called for a stay on the EVM challenge claiming the Election Commissi...

Neither of the two parties that had volunteered to hack electronic voting machines or EVMs attempted their mission today. Instead, they chose to watch a nearly four-hour long demo by the Election Commission. "NCP, CPM did not participate in EVM challenge," said Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi. Declaring the Election Commission's EVM challen...

Coming to the defence of the Election Commission that has been the target of attacks from political parties over its voting machines, the Uttarakhand High Court on Friday barred political parties and others from criticising the use of these machines, or EVMs, in the five state assembly elections till pending election petitions are decided.

The EVM challenge of the Election Commission where political parties will try to prove in Delhi that voting machines can be rigged will take place as scheduled on Saturday, with the Uttarakhand High Court on Friday evening rejecting a plea asking for a stay on the hackathon.

The Supreme Court's massive vote of confidence to EVM machines today also came with a precautionary measure -- the sealing of a crucial part of VVPAT machines and enabling the first and second runners-up in an election to challenge the outcome.

Supreme Court dismissed a plea challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Representation of the People Act, which had led to the introduction of electronic voting machines (EVMs) instead of ballot papers for polls in the country.

Controversy had erupted two days before the counting after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, the biggest challenger to the BJP, alleged that Electronic Voting Machines were being stolen from a counting Centre in Varanasi.

Supreme Court agreed to consider listing a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of a provision of the Representation of People Act which had led to the introduction of EVMs instead of ballot papers for polls in the country.

A petition has been filed in Supreme Court challenging Delhi High Court order which dismissed a plea seeking direction to Election Commission to stop use of electronic voting machines and revert to ballot papers in forthcoming polls in the country.

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission on a plea challenging the legal provision mandating six months jail for questioning the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

Election Commission has filed petition challenging CIC's February 12 order holding that the EVM, which is available with the EC in a material form and also as samples, is an information under the RTI Act.

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.

The AAP, which had said it would organise an EVM-hacking challenge parallel to the Election Commission's (EC's) one today, said it will hold the exercise later, and has invited two government agencies which provide Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to the EC to take part in.

The Sharad Pawar-led NCP on Saturday said the Election Commission's EVM challenge was an "eyewash" because of last-minute change in procedure for the selection of EVMs and non-supply of sought information.

The Communist Party of India raised doubts about the Election Commission's "deplorable" move of not allowing it to witness today's EVM challenge and said that thepoll watchdog's approach of secrecy was against spirit of its invitation letter seeking cooperation from political parties over the matter.

Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party and the Left will try to prove that electronic voting machines (EVMs) can be rigged as the Election Commission gets ready to host its EVM challenge in Delhi this morning. On Friday evening, the Uttarakhand High Court rejected a plea which called for a stay on the EVM challenge claiming the Election Commissi...

Neither of the two parties that had volunteered to hack electronic voting machines or EVMs attempted their mission today. Instead, they chose to watch a nearly four-hour long demo by the Election Commission. "NCP, CPM did not participate in EVM challenge," said Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi. Declaring the Election Commission's EVM challen...

Coming to the defence of the Election Commission that has been the target of attacks from political parties over its voting machines, the Uttarakhand High Court on Friday barred political parties and others from criticising the use of these machines, or EVMs, in the five state assembly elections till pending election petitions are decided.

The EVM challenge of the Election Commission where political parties will try to prove in Delhi that voting machines can be rigged will take place as scheduled on Saturday, with the Uttarakhand High Court on Friday evening rejecting a plea asking for a stay on the hackathon.