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There have been instances when a voter presses a particular symbol button; the vote gets registered against a different symbol button.  This has led to fights and arguments at booths. However, the EC officials have never been able to satisfactorily explain so far why this has happened.  The general perception in the minds of the people is: EVMs can be hacked. 

Control Unit display of EVMs can be remotely altered through wireless communications.   Voting data can be altered by clipping memory manipulator IC (integrated circuit) to the memory chip where data is stored.  Memory chip or motherboard can be replaced before poll or counting. Trojan can be introduced by programming chip or by chip manufacturer during fusing of software.