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India ordered to introduce 'paper trail' in electronic voting machines |
October 10, 2013
India's Supreme Court has directed the country's Election Commission to introduce a paper backup of votes cast through electronic voting machines, but allowed the commission to introduce it in stages during general elections next year.Political and civil rights groups in India have been demanding that the EVMs should be equipped with the facility to print the running record of the votes for the purpose of verification, particularly after some researchers claimed that the machines could be hacked.The court, overruling a decision by a lower court, described the paper backup or paper trail as an "indispensable requirement of free and fair elections." As the commission has to handle 1 million polling booths during a general election, the court permitted it to introduce the facility "in gradual stages or geographical-wise" at voting booths of its choice.The commission submitted in the court that the machines could not be tampered with, but was still planning to introduce a Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail system, and had tested the systems in smaller elections.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2053800/india-ordered-to-introduce-paper-trail-in-electronic-voting-machines.html#tk.rss_all
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