The Electronic Voting Machines EVMs reduce the time in both casting a vote and declaring the results...........

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The Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) reduce the time in both casting a vote and declaring the results as compared to the old paper ballot system. Consider the following statements with reference to EVMs:

India turned into a complete e-democracy in General Elections 2004 when EVMs were used across all polling stations in the country.
EVMs are tamper-proof and cannot be connected to any external network devices.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both

None

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Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: Electronic Voting Machines ("EVM") are being used in Indian General and State Elections to implement electronic voting in part from 1999 elections and in total since 2004 elections. The EVMs reduce the time in both casting a vote and declaring the results compared to the old paper ballot system. Bogus voting and booth capturing can be greatly reduced by the use of EVMs. Illiterate people find EVMs easier
than ballot paper system.
Statement 2 is correct: The EVM machine is electronically protected to prevent any tampering/manipulation. The programme (software) used in these machines is burnt into a One Time Programmable (OTP) / Masked chip so that it cannot be altered or tampered with. Further these machines are not networked either by wire or by wireless to any other machine or system. Therefore, there is no possibility of its data corruption. EVMs are Standalone Machine and cannot be connected to any external network devices.