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LS Polls: Multiple instances of EVM, VVPAT malfunctions reported across In
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Silchar (Assam) [India], Apr 18 (ANI): As the second phase of polling gets underway to elect members to the 17th Lok Sabha, Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter-verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) glitches have been reported at a number of polling booths across the country.
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Counting of 50 per cent votes through VVPATs can be done "within no time":
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 16 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said counting of 50 per cent votes through VVPAT can be done "within no time" and even a "child can tell how much time it will take".
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BJP's LS candidate from Nizamabad wants to put his own lock in strongroom
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Nizamabad (Telangana) [India], Apr 15 (ANI): BJP leader Arvind Dharmapuri, who has contested the Lok Sabha poll from Nizamabad seat, has sought the permission of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to put his own lock in the strongroom, where the electronic voting machines (EVMs) and v
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Every political party other than BJP wants verification of 50 per cent of
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 14 (India): Every political party other than Modi-led BJP are pressing for verification of 50 per cent of the votes through paper trails, said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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Opposition leaders questions reliability of EVMs, demand 50 per cent VVPAT
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 14 (ANI): Opposition leaders including TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, Congress' Abhishek Manu Singhvi and AAP's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, on Sunday questioned the reliability of the electronic voting machines (EVMS) and demanded a mandatory paper trail count i
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EC not agreeing to TDP's demand of 50% counting of VVPATs, acting under BJ
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 14 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday alleged that the Election Commission acting at the behest of BJP has turned down the Telugu Desam Party's demand for 50 per cent Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) be verified against Voter Verified
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ECI trying to avoid EVM issue by focusing on Hari P Vemuru, claims TDP
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 14 (ANI): The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has responded to the Election Commission of India's (ECI) letter expressing displeasure over the inclusion of Hari P Vemuru, an "EVM theft accused", in the Chandrababu Naidu-led delegation that met the poll b
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VVPAT: Oppn to file review petition on SC verdict, says Congress
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India) Apr 13 (ANI): Congress parliamentarian and Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Saturday said that the petitioners in the VVPAT verification matter will file a review petition to push for their initial demand for random checking of 50 per cent of the Electoral Voting Ma
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Congress urges Supreme Court to reconsider its order on EVM-VVPAT slips ma
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 8 (ANI): The Congress party on Monday urged the Supreme Court to reconsider its instruction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to increase the random verification of VVPAT slips from one polling station per Assembly seat to only five booths in the Lok Sabha p
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SC increases VVPAT count to 5 EVMs per Assembly constituency in LS polls
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India) Apr 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Election Commission to increase the VVPAT count of one randomly selected electronic voting machine per Assembly constituency to five in the Lok Sabha polls, saying that it is to ensure the "greatest degree of accuracy
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Agreeable to delay in declaration of poll results: 21 Oppn parties to SC i
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Twenty-one Opposition parties have submitted before the Supreme Court that they were agreeable to a delay of even five days in the declaration of the Lok Sabha poll results if the Election Commission (EC) approved their demand for verification of 50 per cen
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VVPAT issue: SC asks Oppn parties to file reply on EC affidavit by April 8
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Apr 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked petitioners seeking direction that 50 per cent EVM results should be matched and cross-checked with Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs) before the declaration of results in the upcoming General Elections, to file respons
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