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Meghalaya gears up for LS polls as EVMs dispatched to polling stations in
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The dispatch of electronic voting machines (EVMs) to polling stations is underway in Tura, West Garo Hills, and Meghalaya, indicating the final stages of readiness for the electoral process.
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VVPAT cross-verification: "We know what happened when there were ballot pa
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
A bench of Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was not convinced with advocate Prashant Bhushan's arguments to go back to election via ballot paper instead of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
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SC to hear plea for cross verification of EVMs with VVPAT by voters on Apr
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear on April 16 plea seeking cross-verification by the voters of votes cast by them as "counted as recorded" in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).
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'Necessary steps at appropriate time': Congress' Dinesh Rao upholds SC rul
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Karnataka minister and Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao hailed the Supreme Court's ruling on Wednesday regarding the plea seeking counting of all Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) paper slips in elections.
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SC to hear next week plea for cross-verification of EVMs with VVPAT by vot
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear next week a plea seeking cross-verification by the voters of votes cast by them as "counted as recorded" in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
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DMK files petition in Madras HC over EVMs ahead of Lok Sabha polls
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Tamil Nadu ruling party, DMK, has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court regarding the electronic voting machines.
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SC seeks ECI response on plea seeking counting of all VVPAT slips
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Election Commission of India and Centre on a petition seeking the counting of all Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) paper slips in elections, instead of the verification of only 5 randomly selected (Electronic Voting Machines) EVMs in e
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Lok Sabha elections: EVMs should undergo 'purity test', says MNM's Kamal H
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan called for a 'purity test' of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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BJP criticises Rahul Gandhi for his 'Shakti' remark, Opposition backs Cong
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
A massive political slugfest erupted days after the Election Commission announced the Lok Sabha election schedule. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi triggered a row by raising concerns about the operation of Electronic Voting Machines, to emphasize the Opposition's struggle against the might of th
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'Mysogynistic mindset...': Rahul Gandhi's 'Shakti' remark in Maharashtra s
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
In a war of words between the BJP and Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, BJP leader Nalin Kohli on Monday criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his recent comments questioning the integrity of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
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INDIA bloc is not against EVMs but ...: Jairam Ramesh
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Earlier, on March 15, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition urging a return to paper ballot, alleging irregularities in the functioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs).
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SC declines to entertain plea alleging irregularities in EVM functioning
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the petition, raising allegations of irregularities in the functioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs).
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