CIC Expresses 'Severe Displeasure' At Election Commission For Not Responding To RTI On EVMs For More Than A Year

The Central Information Commission (CIC)in its recent Order has criticized the Election Commission of India (ECI) while expressing "severe displeasure" for failing to respond to a Right to Information (RTI) Act request regarding Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for over a year.

#CIC #EVMs #VVPATs #ElectionCommission #RTI #elections2024 #india

https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/central-information-commission-slams-election-commission-not-responding-rti-on-evms-more-than-a-year-254987

Ahead of Lok Sabha Polls, EC Answers Longstanding Query on How EVMs Get Signals
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In 2021 former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan raised serious questions over the ECI’s claim that EVMs are stand-alone machines which are neither accessible remotely from any network nor can be connected to any external devices.

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https://thewire.in/government/evm-election-commission-lok-sabha-faq-signal-kannan-gopinathan

Election Commission’s Claim that Micro-controller of EVMs Is One-time Programmed May Be Far from Truth, Reveals RTI

A reply to a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act obtained from the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the EVM+VVPAT manufacturers—Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) and Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL), points out that the claim about EVMs being infallible is questionable. (Article from June 2019)

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https://www.moneylife.in/article/election-commissions-claim-that-micro-controller-of-evms-is-one-time-programmed-may-be-far-from-truth-reveals-rti/57358.html

Understanding the current state of Indian Elections

The opposition has made the demand for Paper ballots or 100% counting of VVPAT slips . It is important to understand what is happening with Indian elections to take a firm informed stand.

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https://medium.com/@unnikts/understanding-the-current-state-of-indian-elections-a4f7eb991301