evidence: The poll panel’s decision comes after months of allegations by several opposition parties of tampering and hacking of EVMs, a charge rubbished by the EC and the government. The Election Commission (EC) is planning to debut the third-generation of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections. [...] The Mark 3 control unit can accommodate 24 ballot units, with 384 candidates, as opposed to the Mark 2 control unit, which could accommodate only four ballot units and 64 candidates. The microcontroller chip in the new Mark 3 EVM’s can be programmed only once.