New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday formally threw a “challenge” to political parties to prove the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the recent assembly polls were tampered with after several opposition parties questioned their reliability and demanded going back to the paper ballot system. He said parties can try and prove that EVMs can be tampered with even under strict technical and administrative safeguards as applicable during elections. An EC official said the challenge will not be restricted to machines used in recent assembly polls. At the meeting, most of the parties said future elections should be held using EVMs provided they are attached to paper trail machines. It said we will throw a challenge to prove that EVMs were tampered with in recent polls,” Sisodia tweeted.

Source: Mint May 12, 2017 16:52 UTC