Evm Hackathon

Nasim Zaidi pushes for electoral reforms: On his way out, CEC fires shots at govt over transparency, political funding

In a series of newspaper interviews on Sunday, Nasim Zaidi, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) who retires on 5 July, pointed to a slew of proposed electoral reforms that deserve national attention.

AAP calls EC's EVM 'hackathon' a farce; opens registration for parallel challenge

Terming the EC's EVM challenge a "farce", AAP opened registration for its parallel challenge and invited people to hack EVMs under the poll panel's guidelines.

Election Commission's EVM hacking challenge sees participation only by NCP and CPI(M)

The four-hour EVM Hacking challenge began at 10 am, the NCP and the CPI(M), the only parties participating in the event.

The EVM Challenge by the Election Commission: Ten things you need to know

Under the scanner is the control unit (CU), a ballot unit (BU) and the voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) which is selectively deployed.

As EC's hackathon gets underway, Uttarakhand HC issues order prohibiting criticism of EVMs

In the background of the EC's EVM challenge, the Uttarakhand HC clamped down on any criticism on the use of EVMs in the recently concluded elections.

EC says no to Congress' demand for access to EVM motherboard during hackathon challenge

Congress leader Randeep Surjewala had sought relaxation in terms and conditions attached to the poll panel's EVM challenge. Election Commission said no.

Election Commission dismisses AAP's charge, says never promised hackathon, only EVM challenge

Dismissing the AAP charge that the Election Commission (EC) was "running away" from organising a no-holds barred hackathon, the poll panel on Saturday said it never made any such promise.

EVM challenge: AAP, others develop cold feet ahead of hackathon, Election Commission seems to have won its case

After making a song dance about doctored electronic voting machines, parties have developed cold feet when it mattered most. Going by their response 'The Great EVM Challenge' is likely to end up a damp squib.

EVM tampering row: Congress urges Election Commission to relax rules for 3 June hackathon

The Congress said the conditions attached by the EC to an EVM hackathon from 3 June were a "barrier to a thorough test" of the voting machines and called for relaxations.

EVM tampering row: AAP unlikely to take part in EC's hackathon challenge

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has accused the Election Commission of "running away from a no-holds barred hackathon", is unlikely to take up the commission's challenge to demonstrate that its Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) can be tampered with.