Issues With EVM, VVPAT & Challenges In Courts — All You Need To Know

Here's a breakdown of why is there so much doubt around EVMs and what these petitions in the Supreme Court and high Court seek:

EVM were introduced in India for the first time in Goa State Assembly elections of 1999.

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As the general elections approaches, the Supreme Court is all set to hear the challenges against electronic voting machines (EVMs) and VVPATs. Several prominent organisations and individuals have approached the top court seeking directions to Centre and the Election Commission Of India (ECI) to mandatorily cross verify the count in EVMs with votes that have been verifiably ‘recorded as cast’ by the voter through the VVPATs by counting all VVPAT slips. Recently, Dravida Munnetra