How SC pushed the VVPAT transparency envelope so far
8 months, 1 week ago

How SC pushed the VVPAT transparency envelope so far

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: When the Supreme Court recently sought responses from the Election Commission of India and the Centre on a plea seeking full count of VVPAT slips in polls, several political parties saw in it an important first step to make the election process free and fair. At present, VVPAT paper slips of only five randomly-selected EVMs in each assembly constituency or each assembly segment of a parliamentary constituency are physically verified. But since questions keep swirling over the reliability of the electronic voting process, all VVPAT slips must be counted, the plea emphasised since even a single mismatch could vitiate voter trust in free and fair elections. Echoing the plea, the Congress in its election manifesto promised that if it gets the popular mandate, election laws would suitably be amended to allow the voter to hold and deposit the machine-generated voting slip into the VVPAT unit after casting the ballot through the EVM.

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Maharashtra polls: 1,440 VVPATs verified, results matched, says EC amid INDIA bloc's EVM concerns
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1 week, 5 days ago

Maharashtra polls: 1,440 VVPATs verified, results matched, says EC amid INDIA bloc's EVM concerns

India TV News  

Amid INDIA bloc's concerns over EVM tampering in the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly elections, Maharashtra's Additional Chief Electoral Officer Kiran Kulkarni said in all 1,440 Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails were verified during the last month's state assembly polls with their results matching perfectly with Electronic Voting Machine counts. 659 cases of Model Code violation reported Speaking to PTI, Kulkarni …

EC Says No Mismatch in VVPAT, EVM Counting in Maharashtra
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1 week, 5 days ago

EC Says No Mismatch in VVPAT, EVM Counting in Maharashtra

Deccan Chronicle  

MUMBAI: In a blow to the Maha Vikas Aghadi, the Election Commission on Tuesday rejected the opposition alliance’s claims of VVPAT counting and votes polled in Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha elections. The commission clarified that paper slips from 1,445 VVPAT units were counted across all 288 assembly segments on November 23, with no discrepancies found between the VVPAT slips and the …

VVPAT verification done but Oppn ups ante over EVMs
1 week, 5 days ago

VVPAT verification done but Oppn ups ante over EVMs

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Amid large-scale protests by the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, which has alleged manipulation of Electronic Voting Machines during the recent assembly elections, the Election Commission of India has said the mandatory a VVPAT slip count in five randomly selected polling stations in each assembly constituency had been conducted on November 23, and the outcome matched the results delivered by …

No EVM-VVPAT mismatch found, says Maharashtra’s Chief Election Officer amid Opposition’s allegations
Top News
1 week, 6 days ago

No EVM-VVPAT mismatch found, says Maharashtra’s Chief Election Officer amid Opposition’s allegations

Live Mint  

Amid opposition battling for 100 per cent counting of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips and allegations about a vote mismatch in the recently held Maharashtra Assembly election, state Chief Election Officer on Tuesday said that there was no mis-match found in any of the VVPAT slips matching with their concerned EVM numbers. “In all 288 assembly constituencies, a total …

'No Mismatch Between VVPAT Slips And EVM': Poll Body Clarifies Amid Oppn's Claim During Maharashtra Poll
1 week, 6 days ago

'No Mismatch Between VVPAT Slips And EVM': Poll Body Clarifies Amid Oppn's Claim During Maharashtra Poll

ABP News  

"During the Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 as per Supreme Court of India and Election Commission of India guidelines, 5 VVPAT slips at each assembly segment were to be counted, to match it with the numbers in EVM. In all 288 assembly segments, a total number of 1445 VVPAT slips were counted on the same day of counting, which was 23rd …

No discrepancy in VVPAT slips in Maharashtra polls: Election Commission
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1 week, 6 days ago

No discrepancy in VVPAT slips in Maharashtra polls: Election Commission

India Today  

The Election Commission of India has confirmed that no discrepancies were found during the mandatory counting of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips in the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly elections. The VVPAT slip counting process, mandated by the ECI, involved selecting five polling stations from each assembly constituency through a lottery system. According to the reports received from all 36 …

Maharashtra polls: ECI denies EVM discrepancies as Opposition continues to question election integrity
1 week, 6 days ago

Maharashtra polls: ECI denies EVM discrepancies as Opposition continues to question election integrity

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday released a statement denying claims of discrepancies in electronic voting machines and mismatched tallies between EVM and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. The ECI explained that it is mandatory to count the VVPAT slips from five randomly selected polling stations per state assembly constituency and assembly segment. “Accordingly, VVPAT slip count …

EC outreach: Choice for ‘aggrieved candidates’ to pick and check EVMs
5 months ago

EC outreach: Choice for ‘aggrieved candidates’ to pick and check EVMs

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday issued the technical Standard Operating Procedure and stipulated choices for aggrieved candidates, who have applied for Supreme Court-directed checking of Electronic Voting Machines for possible tampering post Lok Sabha and assembly results. In an official statement, the poll panel said that the aggrieved candidates, who have applied for checking, would be …

EC releases techincal SOPs to verify functioning of EVMs used in polls
5 months ago

EC releases techincal SOPs to verify functioning of EVMs used in polls

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission on Tuesday released the technical standard operating procedure to be followed while checking and verifying the functioning of the electronic voting machines used after the declaration of election results. The process will allow candidates who get the second and the third highest votes in a parliamentary or assembly constituency to check and verify for themselves the firmware …

ECI releases SOP for EVMs burnt memory checking, verification with expanded choices for candidates
5 months, 1 week ago

ECI releases SOP for EVMs burnt memory checking, verification with expanded choices for candidates

India TV News  

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday released a Standard Operating Procedure for Electronic Voting Machines burnt memory checking and verification with expanded choices for candidates. It includes the selection of EVMs from any polling station in an assembly constituency, the mix and match of EVM units from any polling station, connecting BU-CU-VVPAT in any sequence and the option of …

ECI receives 11 requests for EVM and VVPAT memory verification post results
6 months ago

ECI receives 11 requests for EVM and VVPAT memory verification post results

The Hindu  

The Election Commission of India has received 11 requests for memory verification of Electronic Voting Machines and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails from the recently concluded Lok Sabha and Assembly polls. While eight requests were received for the Lok Sabha elections, including three each from the BJP and Congress, three requests were for the Assembly polls, according to a statement …

Supreme Court’s endorsement of EVMs as cornerstone of fair elections trigger debate on compatibility of digital voting systems with democratic principles
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court’s endorsement of EVMs as cornerstone of fair elections trigger debate on compatibility of digital voting systems with democratic principles

The Hindu  

Published : May 14, 2024 18:52 IST - 11 MINS READ The words “election” and “democracy” have become synonymous. “The case concerning EVMs was taken up casually after the commencement of the electoral process and the judgment was hurriedly handed out by the Supreme Court on April 26, 2024, the day when 191 constituencies completed polling and 35 per cent …

DC Edit | Devise ways to make voting more foolproof, transparent
7 months, 3 weeks ago

DC Edit | Devise ways to make voting more foolproof, transparent

Deccan Chronicle  

A fool-proof voting and counting mechanism forms the foundation of electoral democracy and hence it is natural for the people to raise a doubt or two about the existing one at any point in time. The Supreme Court has followed this pattern when it dismissed last week the petition that sought 100 per cent coverage by Voter Verified Paper Audit …

EVM-VVPAT case: What are the key takeaways from the Supreme Court’s verdict?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

EVM-VVPAT case: What are the key takeaways from the Supreme Court’s verdict?

The Hindu  

While refusing a revival of paper ballots, the Supreme Court on April 26 upheld the electronic voting machine polling system and underscored the need to “exercise care and caution” when raising questions about the integrity of the electoral process. In its 2013 ruling in the case of Subramanian Swamy v. Election Commission of India, the Court held that “a paper …

Watch | Decoding the EVM debate
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch | Decoding the EVM debate

The Hindu  

In this video, The Hindu’s Krishnadas Rajagopal, Sreeparna Chakrabarty, and Aroon Deep discuss the Supreme Court’s recent judgement and the technical nuances surrounding the VVPAT system. The Supreme Court, on April 26, upheld the electronic voting machine system of polling and dismissed a plea to revive paper ballots, stating that “blind distrust” of an institution or system fosters unwarranted skepticism …

EVM VVPAT verification case: Supreme Court Upholds Integrity of Electronic Voting Machines, Rejects Demand for 100% cross verification of votes
7 months, 3 weeks ago

EVM VVPAT verification case: Supreme Court Upholds Integrity of Electronic Voting Machines, Rejects Demand for 100% cross verification of votes

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India’s rejection of the demand for 100% verification of the paper trail left by the votes cast through electronic voting machines comes as no surprise, as there is no hard evidence that the current verification system suffers from any irremediable lacuna. This is not the first time that the Court has declined to interfere with the …

Supreme Court affirms sanctity of EVMs, paper trail system
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court affirms sanctity of EVMs, paper trail system

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a bundle of petitions that demanded 100% cross-verification of votes cast on Electronic Voting Machines with the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails or a return to the ballot paper system, underlining that “EVMs are simple, secure and user-friendly” and that the “integrity of the electoral process earned over years cannot be chaffed and overridden …

Human error can occur in EVM-VVPAT system: Supreme Court
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Human error can occur in EVM-VVPAT system: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

Human errors are possible in the Electronic Voting Machine-Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail system of polling, the Supreme Court acknowledged in a judgment on April 26. A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said the sole instance of discrepancy it could find in the EVM-VVPAT system occurred as close as in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. “On verification, …

BJP welcomes SC verdict on pleas seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT cross-verification
7 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP welcomes SC verdict on pleas seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT cross-verification

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party welcomed Friday’s Supreme Court judgment where the apex court affirmed the credibility of Electronic Voting Machines and their integration with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails while rejecting petitions that demanded 100% cross-verification of votes cast on EVMs with the VVPATs or going back to the ballot paper system. Union minister of state for law & justice …

EVM-VVPAT row: Defeated candidates can verify votes after elections if...
7 months, 3 weeks ago

EVM-VVPAT row: Defeated candidates can verify votes after elections if...

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected all petitions seeking 100 per cent verification of votes polled on Electronic Voting Machines with their Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. "Candidates who secure second and third position in the results can request for the verification of burnt memory semicontroller.," the Supreme Court said. The process in detail As per the Supreme Court's …

EVM wins again: SC rejects all petitions seeking 100% cross verification by VVPAT slips, refuses to allow paper ballots
7 months, 3 weeks ago

EVM wins again: SC rejects all petitions seeking 100% cross verification by VVPAT slips, refuses to allow paper ballots

Op India  

On Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed all petitions demanding a 100% verification of all votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails, or VVPATs, and going back to paper ballots. Justice Khanna delivered the verdict, stating that the court had thoroughly studied the procedures and technical factors and hence dismissed the request for 100% verification of …

VVPAT Case : Supreme Court Allows Runner-Up Candidates To Seek Verification Of Burnt Memory Of 5% EVMs Per Assembly Segment
7 months, 3 weeks ago

VVPAT Case : Supreme Court Allows Runner-Up Candidates To Seek Verification Of Burnt Memory Of 5% EVMs Per Assembly Segment

Live Law  

While rejecting the pleas seeking 100% cross verification of Electronic Voting Machines data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail records, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed verification of the burnt memory semi-controller of 5% of EVMs per assembly segment of a parliamentary constituency in case a written request for the same is made by either of two runner. While rejecting …

SC thumbs-up for EVMs, declines plea to revive paper ballot
7 months, 3 weeks ago

SC thumbs-up for EVMs, declines plea to revive paper ballot

The Hindu  

April 26, 2024 11:02 am | Updated 06:21 pm IST - New Delhi The Supreme Court on April 26 upheld the electronic voting machine system of polling and refused a plea to revive paper ballots, saying “blind distrust” of an institution or a system breeds unwarranted skepticism and impedes progress. A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, in …

EVM VVPAT case: Supreme Court rejects pleas seeking 100% cross verification
7 months, 3 weeks ago

EVM VVPAT case: Supreme Court rejects pleas seeking 100% cross verification

Hindustan Times  

Pleas for 100% verification of EVM-VVPAT: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected petitions seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail. The apex court also said a request for verification of the microcontroller of EVMs can be made within seven days of the declaration of election results upon payment of fees. VVPAT-EVM …

Elections 2024 April 26 highlights: Over 63% turnout, LS polls phase-2 has been ‘too good’ for NDA: PM Modi
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Elections 2024 April 26 highlights: Over 63% turnout, LS polls phase-2 has been ‘too good’ for NDA: PM Modi

The Hindu  

This live is now closed. The Supreme Court on April 26 rejected a batch of petitions seeking 100% cross-verification of vote count in electronic voting machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail paper slips. However, it rejected pleas advanced by the petitioners to give voters access to VVPAT paper slips to put physically into the ballot boxes. However, not all …

Cross-verification of Votes: SC Reserves Verdict After Noting EC's Answers to Queries
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Cross-verification of Votes: SC Reserves Verdict After Noting EC's Answers to Queries

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail after taking note of answers to queries it had raised before the Election Commission.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta sought answers from an official of the poll panel …

SC poses five questions to EC on EVM-VVPAT case, calls poll panel official to give clarification
7 months, 4 weeks ago

SC poses five questions to EC on EVM-VVPAT case, calls poll panel official to give clarification

Firstpost  

“We went through the FAQs. We don’t want to be factually wrong but doubly sure in our findings and hence we thought of seeking the clarification,” the bench told Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati who was appearing for the EC A polling official demonstrates how to use electronic voting machines during a training session for government employees ahead of general …

EVM-VVPAT verification case: Supreme Court to pronounce directions on pleas for cross-verification of votes at 2 pm
7 months, 4 weeks ago

EVM-VVPAT verification case: Supreme Court to pronounce directions on pleas for cross-verification of votes at 2 pm

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court of India on April 24 directed a senior official of the Election Commission of India to be present in court at 2 pm to explain some of its queries regarding EVMs and VVPATs, Live Law reported. The apex court is now likely to pronounce directions on a clutch of petitions seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using …

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pass orders today on petitions seeking complete verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. During the hearing, the bench also orally expressed reservations about the manual counting process, saying that human interventions can lead to problems. As per the current practice, the ECI randmoly verifies the …

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pass orders today on petitions seeking complete verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. During the hearing, the bench also orally expressed reservations about the manual counting process, saying that human interventions can lead to problems. As per the current practice, the ECI randmoly verifies the …

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pass orders today on petitions seeking complete verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. During the hearing, the bench also orally expressed reservations about the manual counting process, saying that human interventions can lead to problems. As per the current practice, the ECI randmoly verifies the …

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Supreme Court Seeks Clarifications From ECI | LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will pass orders today on petitions seeking complete verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. During the hearing, the bench also orally expressed reservations about the manual counting process, saying that human interventions can lead to problems. As per the current practice, the ECI randmoly verifies the …

VVPAT case: Supreme Court says 'we can't control elections, poll body cleared doubts'
7 months, 4 weeks ago

VVPAT case: Supreme Court says 'we can't control elections, poll body cleared doubts'

India Today  

While hearing petitions seeking the complete verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said "we don't control the elections, the poll body has cleared doubts". A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta had sought clarification from the Election Commission of India …

Petitions Seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification Listed Tomorrow In Supreme Court For Directions
8 months ago

Petitions Seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification Listed Tomorrow In Supreme Court For Directions

Live Law  

The Supreme Court is expected to pass directions tomorrow on petitions seeking 100% verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines with the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips.As per the causelist, the petitions are listed tomorrow in the Supreme Court "For Directions." The Supreme Court is expected to pass directions tomorrow on petitions seeking 100% verification of …

Supreme Court Likely To Pass Direction On Pleas Seeking Mandatory EVM-VVPAT Tally Tomorrow
8 months ago

Supreme Court Likely To Pass Direction On Pleas Seeking Mandatory EVM-VVPAT Tally Tomorrow

News 18  

The Supreme Court is likely to pass directions or seek clarification over a batch of public interest litigations seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to mandatorily cross-verify the votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. In April 2019, the Supreme Court ordered the ECI to increase the VVPAT slips from one Electronic …

What is the EVM-VVPAT verification issue before the Supreme Court? | Explained
8 months ago

What is the EVM-VVPAT verification issue before the Supreme Court? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Supreme Court on April 18 reserved its judgment on a batch of petitions seeking directions to tally Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips with votes cast through Electronic Voting Machines during the elections. To determine the percentage of VVPAT machines’ slips that need to be counted to verify the accuracy of a poll, the ECI in …

Over 4 Crore VVPAT Slips Verified, No Mismatch Ever Found; EVM Tampering Impossible : ECI Tells Supreme Court
8 months ago

Over 4 Crore VVPAT Slips Verified, No Mismatch Ever Found; EVM Tampering Impossible : ECI Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Election Commission of India has told the Supreme Court that no mismatch has been detected ever between the votes counted in the Electronic Voting Machines and the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. The ECI said that it has matched the EVM votes with more than 4 crore VVPAT slips and no instance of mismatch has been found so …

Supreme Court hearing on EVM-VVPAT: Impossible to tamper with EVMs at any stage, ECI tells SC
8 months ago

Supreme Court hearing on EVM-VVPAT: Impossible to tamper with EVMs at any stage, ECI tells SC

The Hindu  

The Election Commission of India assured that it is impossible to tamper with electronic voting machines “at any stage” even as the Supreme Court reserved its judgment on Thursday on pleas that 97 crore registered voters in the country have a right to a more transparent electoral system, with or without EVMs. ‘Cumbersome process’ The EC said it would take …

‘There has to be sanctity’: Supreme Court on VVPAT verification
8 months ago

‘There has to be sanctity’: Supreme Court on VVPAT verification

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that there is an electoral process and it should have sanctity. The top court made the observations while hearing a plea on petitions seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT verification, legal website Live Law reported. The Supreme Court pointed to the issues related to going back to using paper ballots for the elections During the hearing, advocate …

SC directs ECI to look into ‘extra vote to BJP’ allegation in Kerala mock poll; ‘alarming,’ says Supriya Sule
8 months ago

SC directs ECI to look into ‘extra vote to BJP’ allegation in Kerala mock poll; ‘alarming,’ says Supriya Sule

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India to investigate the allegations that during a mock poll in Kasaragod, Kerala, four EVMs recorded one extra vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party. Hearing petitions seeking cross-verification of votes cast on Electronic Voting Machines with paper slips generated through the VVPAT system, the bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and …

VVPAT cross-verification: SC asks Election Commission to investigate Prashant Bhushan's allegations
8 months ago

VVPAT cross-verification: SC asks Election Commission to investigate Prashant Bhushan's allegations

India TV News  

In response to advocate Prashant Bhushan’s allegation during a mock poll in Kasaragod, Kerala, the Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission of India to probe the claim that four Electronic Voting Machines recorded one extra vote for the BJP. The Supreme Court directed the Election Commission of India to ensure the integrity of the electoral process and provide detailed …

Reforms needed in the voting process | Explained
8 months, 1 week ago

Reforms needed in the voting process | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Supreme Court has decided to hear petitions seeking 100% cross-verification of the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips with the vote count as per Electronic Voting Machines. Second, invalid votes that were a bane of paper ballots and also a bone of contention during counting process have been eliminated through EVMs. These include random allocation …

EVM-VVPAT issue: Supreme Court to hear pleas for 100% votes verification today | Key points
8 months, 1 week ago

EVM-VVPAT issue: Supreme Court to hear pleas for 100% votes verification today | Key points

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 16, will hear a batch of petitions seeking cross-verification of the votes cast with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail. Supreme Court to hear EVM-VVPAT plea: Top points A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, which could not take up the pleas related to Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs, said it would consider …

SC to hear pleas for VVPAT cross-verification today
8 months, 1 week ago

SC to hear pleas for VVPAT cross-verification today

India TV News  

The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for April 16 to consider a series of petitions requesting cross-verification of votes cast with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta deferred petitions related to Electronic Voting Machines to next Tuesday, amid preparations for the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls commencing on April 19. The …

Pleas seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips: SC asks ECI to explain process
8 months, 1 week ago

Pleas seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips: SC asks ECI to explain process

New Indian Express  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India to explain to it the entire process of voting and counting through EVMs, after hearing a batch of pleas seeking 100% cross verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips. A two-judge bench of the top court, led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna and also comprising Justice Dipankar Datta, asked the …

Supreme Court to hear pleas for cross-verification of votes cast with VVPAT slips on April 16
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court to hear pleas for cross-verification of votes cast with VVPAT slips on April 16

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on April 9 said that it will hear a batch of pleas seeking cross-verification of the votes cast with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail, on April 16. The top court had said on April 3 it would hear next week the plea filed by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms along with other matters after advocate Prashant Bhushan …

SC assures to list pleas to cross-verify EVM-VVPAT vote count before Lok Sabha polls
8 months, 2 weeks ago

SC assures to list pleas to cross-verify EVM-VVPAT vote count before Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on April 3 has agreed to list a series of petitions seeking direction to the Election Commission of India to mandatorily cross-verify the count in Electronic Voting Machines with votes verifiably recorded as cast by counting all Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. The petitions have sought a complete count of …

Supreme Court seeks ECI, Centre's response on plea to count all VVPAT slips
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court seeks ECI, Centre's response on plea to count all VVPAT slips

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Election Commission of India and the BJP-led central government on a petition seeking the complete counting of all Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail paper slips in the general elections. Read here: Congress again asks Election Commission for meeting on EVMs, VVPATs The petition further challenged the commission's guidelines that mandates VVPAT …

Congress calls notice to Election Commission on VVPAT 'important first step'
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress calls notice to Election Commission on VVPAT 'important first step'

India Today  

The Congress praised the Supreme Court's notice to the Election Commission of India on a plea seeking the counting of all Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail paper slips in polls, saying it was an "important first step". In a post on X, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Monday night, "The Supreme Court has issued a notice today to the …

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