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Post by Seva Lamberdar Tue Apr 08, 2014 1:11 pm

MUMBAI: The Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Maharashtra unit strongly objected to "faulty" electronic voting machine (EVMs) in the Bhandara-Gondia constituency on Tuesday and decided to appeal to the CEC to postpone polls until machines are tested and certified to be functioning properly.

AAP alleged that no matter which button is pressed on the electronic voting machines (EVMs), votes would be registered only in favour of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) nominee Praful Patel.

"This happened on the night of April 6. While verification of machines was supposed to be carried out on April 2, it was postponed, ostensibly because of 26 candidates in the fray," an AAP statement issued here on Tuesday said.

It alleged that the collector and other district officers tried to stall scrutiny of EVMs and even threatened punitive action against AAP volunteers when they insisted on more elaborate and transparent scrutiny.

"Five more machines were reported as faulty by the collector of Gondia and when the report regarding faulty machines came, it stated the number of machines to be 20. The verification process has been video recorded. The entire credibility of the election process rests on the electronic voting machines (EVMs) doing their job without fault or favour. One case where this does not happen, throws the whole exercise into doubt," the AAP statement said.

 The AAP also stressed that every EVM should be scrutinised carefully to confirm its trustworthiness.

"Lok Sabha election 2014 is riddled with instances of malpractice and violation of the Model Code of Conduct. AAP, true to its stand against corruption in all places, has filed complaints with the concerned election authorities asking for appropriate action," the AAP statement said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/AAP-questions-EVMs-alleges-that-machines-favour-Praful-Patel/articleshow/33462272.cms
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Post by Vakavaka Pakapaka Tue Apr 08, 2014 1:42 pm

If CONartists are confident that Pappu will be the PM (they were recently saying that Modi will never be the PM), there may be some truth to EVM tampering.

CONs have past experience in the "engineering" field. That was how Chidambaram was "elected" in 2009.

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Post by Idéfix Tue Apr 08, 2014 1:46 pm

If Modi does not end up becoming PM, I expect to see lots of claims from his supporters about faulty EVMs. I remember BJP supporters complaining bitterly about EVMs after the 2009 elections.
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Post by smArtha Tue Apr 08, 2014 2:00 pm

Idéfix wrote:If Modi does not end up becoming PM, I expect to see lots of claims from his supporters about faulty EVMs. I remember BJP supporters complaining bitterly about EVMs after the 2009 elections.

Are you implying that AAP is doing this because there is no chance for AK to be the PM?!!

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Post by Idéfix Tue Apr 08, 2014 3:28 pm

smArtha wrote:
Idéfix wrote:If Modi does not end up becoming PM, I expect to see lots of claims from his supporters about faulty EVMs. I remember BJP supporters complaining bitterly about EVMs after the 2009 elections.

Are you implying that AAP is doing this because there is no chance for AK to be the PM?!!
Yes.
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Post by smArtha Tue Apr 08, 2014 4:43 pm

But are the EVMs - their programming and internals opened for independent and all parties panels to inspect and be satisfied with? I do remember there were serious claims and counter claims regarding their tampering? Even if they are tamper proof.. it'll be good for the CEC to invite a body of experts and nominated members of major parties to be convinced of this.

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