How Accurate Are Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) ? Explained

Episode Description

India has been using EVMs for a long time now but it still continues to be a controversial machine according to political parties who loose the elections. I remember watching news debates where politicians say that the Indian polity needs to get rid of Electronic Voting Machines because they are not accurate, they can be tampered, they're not reliable. But, is this really the case ? Well, India is one of the few countries which still uses EVMs whereas many countries use ballot papers for casting vote. So, have you ever thought how accurate are Electronic Voting Machines ? Why was it introduced in India ? How many countries still use EVM and how many countries have done away with this practice ?

 

Host & script - Rudrashis Kanjilal

Producer - Lalit

 

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