Election Commission rejects RJD's application for EVM hackathon challenge
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday rejected the request filed by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) to take part in the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) hackathon challenge.
May 27, 2017, 00:14 AM ISTOnly CPI-M, NCP to take part in June 3 EVM hackhathon as last date to apply ends Friday
The deadline for political parties to ‘apply’ for participation in the Election Commission’s EVM hackathon ended at 5:00 pm on Friday, however, the poll panel has received only one application so far.
May 26, 2017, 21:10 PM ISTCongress urges Election Commission to relax rules for June 3 EVM hackathon
The Congress on Friday said the terms and conditions attached by the Election Commission to an EVM hackathon from June 3 were a "barrier to a thorough test" of the voting machines and called for relaxations in three such rules for the challenge.
May 26, 2017, 20:30 PM ISTFuture polls to be held on VVPAT, will offer parties chance to prove if EVMs can be hacked: EC
The Election Commission, however, assured all political parties that EVMs were secured and could not be tampered with.
May 12, 2017, 16:46 PM ISTElection Commission meeting on EVMs underway, AAP claims its proposal rejected
AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj told reporters on the sidelines of the closed-door meeting that EC shared nothing new so far towards alleviating the fears of the parties.
May 12, 2017, 16:04 PM ISTEC dismisses AAP's 'live demo' of EVM tampering, challenges party to do it in hackathon
AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj on Monday staged a "live demonstration" of alleged EVM manipulation in the Delhi Assembly.