Atlantic has an article on use of electronic voting machine in Indian election. It reports operational difficulties and past cases of reported technical problems. I was amused to read this:
During last year's regional assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, for instance, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) filed a formal complaint after an Indian National Congress party elder allegedly told tribal voters that the EVMs would electrocute them if they voted for non-Congress candidates. The BJP won the election, but the Election Commission's FAQ now reassures prospective voters that there is no chance of electrocution from "short-circuitry or [any] other reason."
Full article can be read here.
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