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Electronic voting in India has consistently met with doubts and suspicions as public knowledge on this matter remains almost nil.
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Can EVM’s Be Hacked?: 5 Things You Need To Know Electronic voting in India has consistently met with doubts and suspicions as public knowledge on this matter remains almost nil. Can EVM’s Be Hacked?: 5 Things You Need To Know on Boom. Electronic voting in India has consistently met with doubts and suspicions as public knowledge on this matter remains almost nil.
Fake News India: The debate around the reliability of electronic voting machines (EVMs) was reignited after a ‘cyber expert’ made a series of unsubstantiated allegations against the government and the Election Commission of India (ECI), last month. While the Election Commission rubbished the allegations and called it a “motivated slugfest”, the discussion around EVM continues with elections looming around the corner. BOOM answers 5 questions regarding electronic voting and its utilisation in the Indian sociopolitical context. What is electronic voting and when was it introduced in India? • Are there other countries voting electronically? • What are the features of an EVM made by the Election Commission of India? • Can EVMs be hacked? • Are there ways to improve upon the current system? • Some of the major concerns over the use of electronic voting method arise from the fact that the Election Commission refuses to entertain doubts and questions regarding the functioning of machines with complete transparency. Read the full story here → Can EVM Be Hacked?