05-30-2009, 01:53 AM
<b>Jayalalithaa asks EC to scrap EVMs</b>
Chennai: AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today asked the Election Commission to give up electronic voting machines and revert to the paper ballot system as EVMs could be "tampered."
"Technologically advanced nations like the US and Japan have tried every possible electronic device for voting. They have tried it on many occasions and each time it has been proved conclusively that these machines can be tampered with," she said here.
"After several trials and failures, finally the US and Japan have reverted back to the paper ballot," she said.
Jayalalithaa said she had given a report to the Election Commission on how EVMs could be tampered, but the commission has "refused to accept this."
"Certainly, we are not more advanced than US or Japan. These technologically advanced nations have already certified that the electronic devices can be tampered with and have gone back to the paper ballot," she said.
"We have been demanding that we should go back to paper ballot," the AIADMK chief said.
Her comments come in the wake of defeat suffered by the AIADMK candidate in the by-election to the Tirumangalam assembly constituency. During the campaign, Jayalalithaa had alleged that the DMK, in collaboration with officials, was attempting to tamper the EVMs.
http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.as...umentid=1784728
Chennai: AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today asked the Election Commission to give up electronic voting machines and revert to the paper ballot system as EVMs could be "tampered."
"Technologically advanced nations like the US and Japan have tried every possible electronic device for voting. They have tried it on many occasions and each time it has been proved conclusively that these machines can be tampered with," she said here.
"After several trials and failures, finally the US and Japan have reverted back to the paper ballot," she said.
Jayalalithaa said she had given a report to the Election Commission on how EVMs could be tampered, but the commission has "refused to accept this."
"Certainly, we are not more advanced than US or Japan. These technologically advanced nations have already certified that the electronic devices can be tampered with and have gone back to the paper ballot," she said.
"We have been demanding that we should go back to paper ballot," the AIADMK chief said.
Her comments come in the wake of defeat suffered by the AIADMK candidate in the by-election to the Tirumangalam assembly constituency. During the campaign, Jayalalithaa had alleged that the DMK, in collaboration with officials, was attempting to tamper the EVMs.
http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.as...umentid=1784728