EVMs: GLOBAL SCENARIO

Global scenario:

• While some countries have discontinued electronic voting, countries which use EVMs include: Namibia, Nepal, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico, US, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Venezuela.
  
  
• However, currently in the US, the Direct Recording Machines (DRMs) are used in 27 states, among which paper audit trails are used in 15 states.
  
  
• Bangladesh: In December 2018, Bangladesh deployed EVMs for the first time in a general election, though only on a limited scale. Now it has decided to use it in all local government elections.