SNA General Election Report

PM Lee To Host Live Forum On Channel Newsasia

2011-04-08T08:10:00.000-07:00

Bernama.com, 8 Apr 2011
SINGAPORE, April 8 (Bernama) -- Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is hosting a live television forum, engaging a panel of 12 Singaporeans from a cross-section of the population on a wide range of topics.
The forum will be shown live at 8pm on Channel NewsAsia on April 12.
The hour-long programme is called "Question Time with the Prime Minister" and topics for discussion include social, political and long-term issues facing Singapore, the television channel reported. Full story

India's Electronic Voting Machines Can Be Manipulated, Claim Experts

2009-08-02T09:39:00.000-07:00

Thaindian News, 2 Aug 2009, IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 2 (IANS) An electronic experts group Saturday challenged the poll panel’s claim that the electronic voting machines (EVM) are tamper proof, and said the voting devices can be tampered with in many ways.
Claiming that there are loopholes in the EVMs, the expert team here demonstrated how the machines can be tampered through a prototype EVM they have developed.
“EVMs have many loopholes. We are challenging those who claim that EVMs are infallible. There are many security leakages in these machines which can give us a manipulated result,” said Hari K. Prasad, a Hyderabad based electronics expert and head of Net India Pvt Ltd.
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Singaporeans can kiss elections goodbye

2009-07-14T04:44:00.000-07:00

Commentary
Singapore Democrats, 13 Apr 2009
The SDP has been hoping that it will not come to pass. But it has. Singapore is set to purchase electronic voting machines from India. (See here). We might as well kiss elections goodbye. This is no melodrama and it is certainly no exaggeration. Here's why:
Years ago, the PAP Government was already toying with the idea of using Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) machines. In a nutshell, these are machines that require voters to cast their ballots through touch-screen or push-button technology. The vote is then electronically recorded and tallied.
We don't have to spell it out for you how such a process is open to electronic tampering and rigging.
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Singapore show interest in Indian electronic voting machine

2009-07-14T04:39:00.000-07:00

The Hindu, 12 Apr 2009
New Delhi (PTI): Indian electronic voting machines (EVMs), are all set to go places with six countries, including Mauritius, Singapore and Sri Lanka, approaching Bharat Electronic Ltd (BEL), one of the manufacturers, with a demand for them to be used for elections in those countries.
After Nepal and Bhutan, six more countries have shown their interest in procuring EVMs for use during elections, Naveen Namboodiri, Deputy Manager (Corporate Communications) of BEL, told PTI, adding, officials of Mauritius, Malaysia, Singapore, Namibia, South Africa and Sri Lanka have approached the PSU, for the purpose.
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