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Yogendra Yadav writes: Why it's time to stop the conspiracy theories about EVMs

September 17, 2024 12:37 pm

It's time to put conspiracy theories to rest. Unequal access to money and information, not voting machines, is the biggest challenge to level playing field in elections

How EVM tracking helped Congress and the MVA ensure Lok Sabha victories in Maharashtra

June 25, 2024 10:58 pm

Advocate Pavan Dahat, who had headed the legal team for Congress’ election war room in Karnataka and Rajasthan, says that EVM Management has become the new edge which can make or break elections.

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EC should invite Elon Musk to attempt hacking EVMs: Andhra BJP chief Purandeswari

June 17, 2024 11:16 pm

On June 15, Elon Musk, a top global serial entrepreneur, called for the abolition of EVM in a post on the micro-blogging site X owned by him.

Ensure complete transparency of EVMs or abolish them: Rahul Gandhi to EC

June 17, 2024 6:14 pm

The current Leader of the Opposition from the Samajwadi Party (SP), Akhilesh Yadav too questioned the transparency and credibility of EVMs.

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SC refuses to entertain plea seeking to stop use of EVMs

January 06, 2021 8:55 pm

During the brief hearing, the court got irked when it was argued that the right to vote was a fundamental right and the continuous use of EVMs in polls by the Election Commission infringes this right.

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Lok Sabha election: Gujarat to use new EVMs, VVPATs; old machines sent to Kerala, Bihar

February 01, 2019 8:27 am

This has been done as per the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI), which have directed some states to use brand new machines for the Lok Sabha polls. The EVMs and VVPATs used for the 2017 Assembly elections in Gujarat were partly new.

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100 per cent chances for hacking EVMs, says Chandrababu Naidu

January 26, 2019 7:44 pm

Naidu demanded that the Election Commission of India either ensure VVPAT receipts were issued 100 per cent or revert to the old ballot paper system.

EVM-based voting is tamper-proof and most reliable: Puducherry Electoral officer

January 25, 2019 3:00 pm

EVM-based voting is "tamper and failure-proof and has proved its reliability during the elections in the past." said Puducherry Chief Electoral Officer V Candavelou.

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Not going back to era of ballot papers, won't get bullied: CEC Sunil Arora

January 24, 2019 5:32 pm

"We are not going back to that era where we have ballot papers being lifted, musclemen being employed besides the delay in the counting and also too much harassment of polling staff on the ground," Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said.

EVM hacking: CEC says intimidation will not result in start of ballot papers era

January 24, 2019 12:07 pm

On Monday, a US-based self-proclaimed 'cyber expert' from India, Syed Shuja, claimed that 2014 Lok Sabha polls were "rigged" and that EVMs can be hacked.

Among dead in Vijay rally stampede, young mother, couple set to marry

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A rally by actor-politician Vijay in Velusamypuram ended tragically with 40 deaths in a stampede. Non-political workers gathered to see the superstar, but exhaustion, heat, and poor planning caused chaos. People collapsed, ambulances couldn't reach, and police presence was inadequate. Vijay's team ignored instructions, and the narrow roads and insufficient crowd control added to the tragedy.

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