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EVMs can be tampered with: experts

Updated on: 27 March,2009 08:55 AM IST |
Subroto Roy |

They claim that if the EVM is exposed to a strong magnetic field, the data fed in the machine may get lost

They claim that if the EVM is exposed to a strong magnetic field, the data fed in the machine may get lost

With general elections approaching and Election Commission flaunting the fact that around 11 lakh Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) would be used across the nation, there's this question that arises in the mind of voters.

When MiD DAY sought the suggestions of experts, they revealed that the EVMs could indeed be tampered with.

Piyush Desai, an M-Tech from IIT Bombay and product manager with Tata Consultancy Services, said, "If a person exposes the EVM to a strong magnetic field of the same metal used in the EVM, the data fed in the machine may get lost."

Likewise, Sudam Choure, who's coordinating with cyber cell of Pune police commissionerate, said, "If a candidate who knows that he is losing and deliberately takes a strong magnet near the machine, the record of votes that had been fed in the machine may get deleted."

However, when asked Ranjit Bhosale, the nayab tehsildar at the election office of Pune's collectorate, whether he had any idea about the same, he said, "As per my knowledge no instance of tampering with the EVM has been reported so far."

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