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EC has no record of EVM technicians, alleges Congress leader
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 22 : Former Uttarakhand cabinet minister and Congress leader Navprabhat on Wednesday alleged that Election Commission has no knowledge of technicians who handle EVMs used in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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EC means "Eradicated Credibility" and EVM is "Electronic Victory Machines"
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 22 (ANI): The Congress on Wednesday slammed the Election Commission for rejecting the demand of major opposition parties for 100 per cent counting of VVPATs in case if even one of them did not match with the selected sample and said the EC has lost its credibility.<
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Stage set for counting of votes tomorrow
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): All is set for counting of votes in 542 Lok Sabha constituencies on Thursday as opposition parties mounted vigil around the counting centres across India where the electronic voting machines (EVMs) are being kept in strong rooms.
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Opposition's demands regarding EVM-VVPAT tally rejected by EC
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 22 (ANI): The Election Commission on Wednesday rejected the demand of opposition parties which sought tallying of VVPAT slips for an entire assembly segment if even one of the five samples does not match with votes polled in EVMs.
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LS polls: EC sets up Control Room to monitor complaints relating to EVMs
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): A 24-hour EVM Control Room has been made functional here at Nirvachan Sadan to monitor complaints relating to Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Election Commission said.
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EC rejects Lavasa's plea for recording dissent in orders on MCC violations
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 21 (ANI): The Election Commission on Tuesday rejected by a 2-1 majority Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's demand that dissenting views on model code violations during elections should be made part of orders and decided it will be only included in internal files.<
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Opposition party demands cent per cent VVPAT count in case of mismatch
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 21 (ANI): Leaders of 22 major opposition parties on Tuesday met the Election Commission and demanded that the VVPAT of an entire assembly segment should be counted even if one of the five samples does not match the EVM.
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EC agrees to record dissent of Commissioners
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 21 (ANI): In a victory of sorts for Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday decided to record dissent of any member during proceedings of the full Commission.
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EC refutes reports regarding complaints of alleged movements of EVMs
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 21 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday rubbished reports of alleged movement of EVMs purportedly to replace polled EVMs in strongrooms and terming them as "absolutely false".
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EC has problem with our demand for EVM-VVPAT tallying, says N Chandrababu
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has a problem with our demand of tallying votes registered in electronic voting machines (EVMs) with that of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips, said TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu here on Tuesday.
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Onus on ensuring institutional integrity lies with ECI: Pranab Mukherjee
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): A day after praising the Election Commission for conducting "perfect" polls, former President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday expressed concern over reports of alleged tampering of EVMs and asked the poll body to put all speculations to rest.
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Jofra Archer, Liam Dawson named in England's final CWC squad
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 21 (ANI): The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Tuesday made three changes from their preliminary squad for the World Cup and in the final 15-man squad, Jofra Archer, Liam Dawson, and James Vince have been included.
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