Poll panel allows petitioners to show EVM's tamperbilityAugust 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Monday met petitioners who have filed cases in courts across the country challenging the efficacy of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and agreed to offer machines so they could demonstrate their claims of tamperability. We met the Election Commission and demanded it offer us EVMs to demonstrate that these can be tampered with.
PMK to show Election Commission how EVMs can be tamperedAugust 12th, 2009 CHENNAI - The Madras High Court Wednesday permitted political party PMK to demonstrate to election commission officials how the electronic voting machine (EVM) can be manipulated. Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by PMK's G.K.
Maoist violence on the decline in Jharkhand, say state policeAugust 9th, 2009 RANCHI - With security personnel carrying out an anti-Maoist drive for a month, a decline in the number of Maoist attacks in Jharkhand has been observed in comparison to the same period at this time last year. "Maoist infested State of Jharkhand has seen a fall in number of attacks as compared to the last year.
EVMs can be manipulated, claim expertsAugust 2nd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - An electronic experts group Saturday challenged the poll panel's claim that the electronic voting machines (EVM) are tamper proof, and said the voting devices can be tampered with in many ways. Claiming that there are loopholes in the EVMs, the expert team here demonstrated how the machines can be tampered through a prototype EVM they have developed.
EVMs foolproof, no plan to scrap them, says poll panelJuly 17th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Election Commission of India (ECI) has no plans to scrap the electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the country, Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi said here Friday.
EVMs are tamper-proof, says poll panelJuly 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Sunday asserted the electronic voting machines being used to conduct the polls in the country were tamper-proof and reliable, as it replied to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's apprehensions on the gadgets.
Advani's comments on EVMs stretch of imagination: CongressJuly 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The ruling Congress party Sunday dismissed as a stretch of imagination Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's comments that India should revert to the ballot paper for elections unless adequate safeguards are in place to guard against malfunctioning Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
Jharkhand tightens security in areas near LalgarhJune 18th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand has intensified police patrolling in areas bordering West Bengal following the killing of three Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) workers by Maoist rebels in the troubled Lalgarh region there, an official here said Thursday. Jharkhand police suspect that Maoist rebels may sneak into the state when paramilitary forces launch an operation against them in neighbouring Lalgarh.
Mock counting of votes held in Andhra PradeshMay 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Mock counting of votes was held Sunday in 106 centres across Andhra Pradesh as the election authorities checked the preparedness for the counting to be taken up May 16. Chief Electoral Officer I.V.
Special EVMs for Sikkim's Buddhist monks, nunsApril 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission has provided special electronic voting machines (EVMs) at all polling stations in Sikkim to enable Buddhist monks and nuns to vote from anywhere, Deputy Election Commissioner J.P. Prakash said here Tuesday.
BJP demands paramilitary forces at all polling stations in JharkhandApril 20th, 2009 RANCHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday demanded deployment of central paramilitary forces at all polling booths in the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Jharkhand to ensure fair and peaceful elections. 'The Election Commission failed to conduct free, fair and peaceful elections in the first phase of polling.
Congress candidate protests 'inadequate security' for EVMsApril 19th, 2009 RAIPUR - Bhupesh Baghel, a former minister and Congress candidate from Chhattisgarh's Raipur seat, has alleged that inadequate security was being provided for the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) kept in a college here and has begun a sit-in protest right outside the strong room. Baghel and a few of his supporters reached the Engineering College Campus in Shej Bahar area late Saturday and began their sit-in, demanding that paramilitary troopers be deployed instead of the state police personnel to guard the EVMs kept in the strong room.
Polling begins in Jharkhand amid Maoist threatApril 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Voting for six Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand began Thursday morning with a large number of security personnel being deployed at polling booths in view of the threat of Maoist violence. Polling in the six constituencies - Palamau, Chatra, Koderma, Lohardagaa, Hazaribagh and Khuti - began at 7 a.m.
Moderate turnout in Jharkhand amid Maoist attacksApril 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand witnessed a moderate voter turnout of 45-50 percent in the first phase of elections Thursday amid violence by the Maoist rebels who killed nine people in a landmine blast and abducted 11 poll officials. The officials said that six Lok Sabha constituencies in the state saw around 50 percent voting but the final tally could go up as details from all the polling booths come in.
Paramilitary forces on poll duty leave Jammu and KashmirDecember 25th, 2008 JAMMU - Of the 450 companies of paramilitary forces that were deployed in Jammu and Kashmir for the recently concluded assembly elections, 100 companies will leave the state Saturday, a police official said Friday. 'A hundred companies will leave tomorrow (Saturday), while the rest will leave by mid-January,' the official told IANS.
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