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U'Khand: VVPAT counting will be valid if different from EVM votes
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 17 (ANI): Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) counting will be considered valid in Uttarakhand if it is found different from Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) votes for the 17th Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission said.
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Himachal Pradesh: EC officials reach world's highest polling station
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahaul-Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): To ensure that voters in the region can exercise their franchise, a polling team on Friday reached the world's highest election booth which is located at Tashigang in Lahaul-Spiti.
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Three-tier security arrangement for EVM, VVPAT machines: Haryana ADGP
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Panchkula (Haryana) [India], May 13 (ANI): A three-tier security arrangement, backed by CCTV, has been put in place for all EVMs and VVPAT machines used in the May 12 Lok Sabha election in Haryana, state Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Navdeep Singh Virk said on Monday.
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"Impressed, we don't have these in Australia": Envoy on EVMs
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The Australian High Commissioner to India, who is here to observe the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, praised the Election Commission for a "well-organised and orderly" election as 59 seats voted on Sunday. Harinder Sidhu said witnessing the exercise was an insp
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Madhya Pradesh: Officer suspended for carrying reserve EVM to his residenc
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Guna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): Sector assistant engineer, AK Shrivastav was suspended for allegedly carrying the reserve EVM to his residence here.
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Modi pooh-poohs attempts by regional parties to form govt, says Congress w
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], May 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday dismissed the possibility of formation of a government led by regional political parties at the Centre saying BJP and NDA would get more than its present numbers and form a strong government with full majority.
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After SC declines, opposition parties urge EC to expand VVPAT verification
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The opposition parties on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to expand the ambit of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) verification after the Supreme Court rejected their plea to match 50 per cent electronic voting machines (EVMs) wi
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SC rejects Opposition's petition on 50% VVPAT verification
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]. May 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a review plea filed by twenty-one Opposition parties seeking a direction to increase Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) verification from five to at least 50 per cent of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the
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Nitish, BJP providing tampered EVMs in our strongholds, claims Tejashwi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 7 (ANI): RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and BJP of providing "tampered EVMs" at areas where "polling is happening strongly" in the favour of the grand alliance.
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EC should verify count on all VVPATs in case of any discrepancy in existin
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
he New Delhi (India), May 7 (ANI): TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said he will approach the Election Commission (EC) requesting counting of all the Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs) in an Assembly segment in case any discrepancy or mismatch is found in any of the five VV
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SC rejects Opposition's petition on 50% VVPAT verification
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]. May 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a review plea filed by twenty-one Opposition parties seeking a direction to increase Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) verification from five to at least 50 per cent of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during
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Verify 50% of EVMs using VVPAT slips: Naidu writes to EC
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 7 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu has urged the Chief Election Commissioner to verify 50 per cent of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) using Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips.
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