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Opposition approaches SC seeking matching of half EVM results with VVPAT
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI): More than 21 Opposition parties have approached the Supreme Court seeking direction that 50 per cent EVM results are matched and crosschecked with voter-verifiable paper audit trails (VVPATs) before the declaration of results in the upcoming general elec
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Individuals filing false complaints on EVM, VVPAT will be booked: Delhi CE
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has said individuals filing false complaints on Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) will be booked.
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Chandrababu Naidu has no moral right to continue as CM: Jagan Reddy
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), [India], March 5 (ANI): Chandrababu Naidu has no moral right to continue as Chief Minister after the data theft scandal broke out, YSR Congress party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Tuesday.
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We have made EVMs a football, says CEC Sunil Arora
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 5 (ANI): "We have made EVMs a football," said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Tuesday while expressing disappointment over political parties raising questions on the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).
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No delay in general elections due to India-Pak tension: CEC
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Lucknow, (Uttar Pradesh), [India], March 1 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora clarified that there will be no delay in the 2019 general elections due to heightened tension between India and Pakistan.
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SC asks EC's response to PIL seeking audit review of EVM, VVPAT
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday sought a detailed response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) to a plea seeking audit of the source code of voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPATs) and electronic voting machines (EVMs).
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Booth level special camp for voter verification, enrollment in AP from Feb
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Andhra Pradesh [India], Feb 21 (ANI):In the wake of the upcoming Member of Legislative Council (MLC) elections in Andhra Pradesh, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Gopal Krishna Dwivedi has urged voters across the state to cross check their names in the voter list and apply for corrections, i
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EC officials demonstrate working of EVM, VVPAT machines
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday demonstrated the mechanism of EVM and VVPATs with the help of demo machines during an awareness program here.
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Kirti Azad creates controversy, says Cong workers looted polling booths
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): Darbhanga MP Kirti Azad, who joined Congress after quitting BJP, has created a controversy by claiming that Congress workers looted polling booths for his father and him before EVMs were introduced.
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Odisha: High court judges given demo of EVM
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Acting on a directive of the Election Commission of India (ECI), a demonstration-cum-mock poll on the functioning of EVM-VVPAT was conducted in the premises of the Orissa High Court on Tuesday.
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EC conducts mock polls to raise awareness in Chennai
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu), [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Ahead of the general elections, the Elections Commission of India on Saturday conducted mock polls in various parts of Chennai to raise awareness among people about voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPATs).
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PM calls grand alliance as "maha-milawat", says it won't come to power
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the opposition parties which are making efforts to forge an anti-BJP coalition for Lok Sabha elections, terming it as “maha milawat (grand impurity)" which will "never " come to power.
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