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Ex-Haryana Minister Moves Supreme Court For Verification And Checking Of EVMs Used In Haryana Polls
1 week, 4 days ago

Ex-Haryana Minister Moves Supreme Court For Verification And Checking Of EVMs Used In Haryana Polls

Live Law  

Former Haryana Cabinet Minister and 5-time MLA Karan Singh Dalal has approached the Supreme Court seeking verification and checking of Electronic Voting Machines used in the recent Haryana Assembly Elections. The petition filed by Dalal, alongwith Lakhan Kumar Singla, seeks directions to the Election Commission of India to lay down a policy/memorandum for the checking and verification of the original …

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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 …

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EC Says No Mismatch in VVPAT, EVM Counting in Maharashtra
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1 week, 6 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 …

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Maharashtra election: No VVPAT-EVM mismatch found, says EC amid MVA's allegations
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1 week, 6 days ago

Maharashtra election: No VVPAT-EVM mismatch found, says EC amid MVA's allegations

Hindustan Times  

There were no mismatch found in any of the VVPAT slips matching with their concerned Electronic Voting Machine numbers, Chief Election Officer of Maharashtra - S Chockalingam - said on Tuesday amid intense debate in the opposition camp over the credibility of following their defeat in the recent Maharashtra assembly elections. Maharashtra's Solapur district has emerged as the epicentre of …

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

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'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

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"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 …

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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 …

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Election Commission refutes Opposition's claims of VVPAT discrepancy in Maharashtra polls: 'No mismatch found'
1 week, 6 days ago

Election Commission refutes Opposition's claims of VVPAT discrepancy in Maharashtra polls: 'No mismatch found'

India TV News  

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: The Election Commission said on Tuesday denied the Opposition's charge of discrepancy in VVPAT verification of votes in recently held Maharashtra assembly polls, saying that "no mismatch found in any VVPAT voter slips with their EVM numbers." No discrepancy found As per Supreme Court of India and Election Commission of India guidelines, the poll officials must …

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Faced with alleged EVM manipulation, MVA to launch mass campaign
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Faced with alleged EVM manipulation, MVA to launch mass campaign

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: After its crushing defeat in the Maharashtra assembly elections, the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi has got down to the business of waging a war against EVMs. Faced with alleged EVM manipulation, MVA to launch mass campaign In separate meetings held by the MVA’s three parties on Tuesday, the issue of EVM transparency was the central focus. Meanwhile, NCP chief Sharad …

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SC rejects plea seeking review of VVPAT-EVM verification verdict: Here's what top court said
4 months, 3 weeks ago

SC rejects plea seeking review of VVPAT-EVM verification verdict: Here's what top court said

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a review petition seeking a reconsideration of its earlier judgement that rejected the demand for 100 per cent verification of Electronic Voting Machine votes with their corresponding Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. The bench, comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, ruled that there was no substantial ground to review the court's April …

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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 …

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Counting the people’s verdict in democracy
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Counting the people’s verdict in democracy

New Indian Express  

Counting of EVM votes After 30 minutes of the commencement of postal ballot counting, the EVM counting can start. If the total number of counting tables is 14, in the first round of counting, the first control unit for the assembly election used at polling station No 1 is given to table number 1 and the first control unit used …

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India election results 2024: How will votes be counted?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

India election results 2024: How will votes be counted?

Al Jazeera  

Here’s how votes for India’s Lok Sabha polls will be counted using EVMs on June 4. Here’s how vote counting for elections works: What time will votes be counted for India’s 2024 election? Since there are several assembly constituencies within a parliamentary constituency, vote counting for each assembly segment takes place in a single hall where 14 tables are set …

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West Bengal: ANI stringer suffers severe head injury in poll violence in Canning
6 months, 3 weeks ago

West Bengal: ANI stringer suffers severe head injury in poll violence in Canning

Op India  

Amidst multiple reports of violence, intimidation of voters, and mob violence targeting polling booths in West Bengal, a stringer associated with news agency ANI, Bunty Mukherjee has suffered a severe head injury in a stone pelting incident in the Canning area which falls under the Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency. Taking to X, ANI shared the details and posted, “A stringer …

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Mob throws EVM, VVPAT machine in pond in West Bengal's South Paraganas | VIDEO
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Mob throws EVM, VVPAT machine in pond in West Bengal's South Paraganas | VIDEO

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Amid the last phase of Lok Sabha elections, EVM and VVPAT machine were thrown in the pond by a mob at booth number 40 and 41 in Kultai, South 24 Parganas of West Bengal on Saturday morning. EVMs looted by local mob Giving information on the same, the Chief Electoral Office, West Bengal said that FIR …

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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 …

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'First we will win elections using EVM and then remove them': Akhilesh Yadav on agitation against EVMs
7 months, 2 weeks ago

'First we will win elections using EVM and then remove them': Akhilesh Yadav on agitation against EVMs

India TV News  

Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav has said that their agitation against the Electronic Voting Machine will continue adding first they will win this election by using EVMs and then will remove them if they come to power. Speaking on Rahul Gandhi contesting from two Lok Sabha seats including Rae Bareli and Wayanad, Akhilesh Yadav …

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‘Res Judicata’: Why EVM scepticism should rest in peace now
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Res Judicata’: Why EVM scepticism should rest in peace now

Firstpost  

Justice Dipankar Datta invoked the principle of res judicata to warn the EVM-doubters from re-litigating, without new and substantial evidence, an issue that has been conclusively settled On 26 April, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, disposed of a civil suit filed by Association for Democratic Reforms against the Election Commission, by …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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