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The poll panel said the present system which is being adopted for the imminent elections be allowed to be continued as "it has been found to be most suitable". (Representational image)

Present method of counting VVPAT slips most suitable: EC to Supreme Court

The poll panel justified the existing system of random counting of the VVPAT slips from one polling booth per assembly segment.

29 Mar 2019 1:31 PM

SC to EC: Why no VVPAT test in more booths?

A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta asked the commission to file an affidavit on this by 4 pm on Thursday.

26 Mar 2019 2:13 AM

The bench indicated that it wanted the number of VVPAT to be increased, saying it was not the question of 'casting aspersions' rather it was a matter of 'satisfaction'.

SC seeks EC reply on increasing VVPAT sample survey per assembly segment

SC directed EC to file reply by March 28 if it can increase the number of VVPAT sample survey in each assembly segment for 2019 elections.

25 Mar 2019 1:29 PM

The Supreme Court will resume on Monday after the Holi break hearing on several pending matters including a petition by 21 opposition leaders seeking random count of VVPAT slips of at least 50 per cent EVMs in each Assembly constituency before declaration the Lok Sabha election results. (Photo: File)

SC to hear Oppn plea for VVPAT count on Monday

The court had on Friday sought EC's response on the plea led by Andhra Pradesh CM for a check of the VVPAT slips.

20 Mar 2019 3:52 PM

The EVM and the VVPAT are in focus as elections loom and pet theories about the machines keep surfacing.

Safe to press

The Election Commission said we will hand over the machine for examination and they said they had their own machine built on the same pattern.

19 Mar 2019 5:55 AM

Petitioners also want 50 per cent of VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Trail Audit Machines) to be tallied with the voting machines. (Representational Image)

SC to hear 21 Oppn parties on voting machines, VVPATs tomorrow

With the nearing of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the petitioners want more safety norms and strict standards for EVMs.

14 Mar 2019 7:38 PM

The point is that three decades were spent in evolving this system, but that alone shouldn’t stop us from keeping an open mind on the subject.

How foolproof are EVMs?

A bamboozling theory about the electronic tampering of unique stand-alone machines will not suffice for us to get too serious the wild accusations.

23 Jan 2019 1:24 AM

If EVMs used boycott 2019 elections, Raj Thackeray urges parties

Thackeray said that allegations that EVMs are being tampered with have been confirmed in all subsequent polls.

31 Aug 2018 2:25 AM

State Election Commission (Representational image)

Congress wants ballots back, hints EVMs favour BJP

The Congress also raised the issue of women’s reservation in the Parliament and state legislatures and that of electoral bonds.

28 Aug 2018 1:04 AM

The CEC said voters are made to believe that it would be known which button on the EVM was pressed.

Paper trail machines don’t click pictures: EC to voters

Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat dismisses the claims on VVPAT as a ‘canard’.

06 Aug 2018 12:45 AM

People believe in this in India, and that faith shouldn’t be eroded by the weakness of officials appointed to the EC. (Representational image)

EC must restore credibility

The VVPATs’ failure rate exceeding 20 per cent is a symptom of the disease, that is technical in nature and can be tackled.

31 May 2018 12:42 AM

According to the state branch of the ECI, extra police personnel will be deployed at sensitive polling stations.(Representational image)

VVPAT system to be used in Palghar byelections

Around 25,476 personnel will be deployed at 4,246 polling stations.

27 May 2018 2:06 AM

BJP state chief B S Yeddyurappa said it 'exposed the enormity of the irregularities in the elections.' (Photo: PTI | File)

K'taka elections: Suspecting foul play, Yeddyurappa writes to poll panel

8 boxes used for carrying VVPAT machines have been found at a shed in a village in Vijayapura district,

22 May 2018 8:33 AM

The SC also said that electoral process in a democracy is of utmost importance and the SC cannot interfere only to allay apprehension of a party. (Photo: File)

Guj polls: SC rejects Cong plea to verify EVM votes with VVPAT paper slip

Congress had filed a plea seeking directions to the EC to cross verify at least 25 per cent of VVPAT with votes cast with EVM.

15 Dec 2017 4:24 PM

According to officials, in Dediapada constituency in Gujarat's Narmada district during the first phase of polls on Saturday "forgot" a "spare" VVPAT EVM unit in a private jeep while returning to Rajpipala, (Photo: Representational | File)

Gujarat poll officials 'forget' EVM in jeep, driver brings it back

District Collector and Election Officer RS Ninama claimed that EVM unit was 'spare' one and was not used in polling for Dediapada seat.

11 Dec 2017 11:28 AM

According to reports, 70 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) had malfunctioned in Surat, some of which were later restored. (Photo: File)

Gujarat elections: 70 EVMs found malfunctioned in Surat, restored

The Election Commission has also requested for an additional 4,150 VVPATs to replace the defective ones and to keep some as reserve.

09 Dec 2017 11:28 AM

The petitioner has also requested the SC for directions to the authorities to preserve the paper used in VVPAT for at least a period of two years after the election. (Photo: PTI)

SC issues notice to EC, Centre, to make VVPAT paper slip counting mandatory

The notice is a result of doubt on the reliability of EVMs and a petition by a member of Jan Chetna Party from Surat.

20 Nov 2017 3:20 PM

Himachal Pradesh CM and Congress leader Virbhadra Singh urged the EC to ensure proper security of VVPAT machines from the day of voting for the Assembly polls on Nov 9 till Dec 18, the date of counting of votes. (Photo: PTI)

Ensure proper security of VVPAT machines: Himachal CM to EC

Expressing his faith in EC, he said the period between voting and counting is long, assurance for proper safety of VVPAT is required.

06 Nov 2017 11:12 AM

People wait outside a polling booth in Bawana. (Photo: Asian Age)

Bawana bypoll peaceful, but turnout mere 45 per cent

The seat had fell vacant after Ved Prakash of the AAP switched parties and joined the BJP in March this year.

24 Aug 2017 2:18 AM

People arrive at polling booths to vote in Bawana assembly byelection. (Photo: ANI)

Bawana bypoll: Voting at slow pace in Delhi; 5 per cent votes cast in 1st hour

Voting began at 8 AM for the election, in which the BJP, the AAP and the Congress are locked in a triangular contest.

23 Aug 2017 11:59 AM

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