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Petitioners questioning reliability of Indian electronic voting machines

today17 April, 2024

Background

India’s Supreme Court is hearing petitions that are calling for every vote cast using electronic voting machines to be cross-checked against a verifiable paper trail. India’s two month-long voting exercise gets underway this week, and it will see nearly 1 billion eligible voters cast their ballot in what is the world’s largest election. Neha Poonia has the latest from New Delhi.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen