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State poll body tells authorities to check duplicate voters; maintains no to VVPATs
October 30, 2025 7:21 am
The Opposition had alleged that the menace of duplicate names in the voters' list was not handled by the poll body despite receiving complaints during the 2024 assembly elections.
AAP flays EC decision of not using VVPAT machines for local body elections
August 07, 2025 10:40 pm
Regarding the counting of VVPATs, the opposition has always demanded a physical counting of fifty percent or more machines.
Congress wants VVPATs, warns of court route in ward demarcation not transparent
August 07, 2025 1:09 am
While Wadettiwar targeted the SEC, Congress state chief Harshvardhan Sapkal wrote to the state's Urban Development Department and Rural Development department, which are currently engaged in the exercise of demarcation of wards.
Planning to hold PMC, PCMC elections after Diwali, VVPAT machines to stay off: state poll chief Dinesh Waghmare
August 06, 2025 11:58 am
In Maharashtra, as many as 29 municipal corporations are being run by administrators for the last three years.
Cong's Prithviraj Chavan seeks 100 pc VVPAT verification; claims EC has something to hide
December 01, 2024 7:09 pm
The VVPAT is a vote verification mechanism that enables voters to see whether their votes have been recorded correctly by way of a slip that is briefly visible after the EVM button is pressed.
ECI's technical SOP for EVM verification is out: why verify and how?
July 16, 2024 7:49 pm
The Lok Sabha election results were declared on June 4. Some candidates are not happy. They can either file an Election Petition until July 19, or use a new window for remedy opened by the Supreme Court: demand a technical verification of a certain number of EVMs. Here's how.
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April 28, 2024 6:48 pm
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When Supreme Court junked the Election Commision’s first EVM experiment in Kerala
April 28, 2024 12:23 pm
A voting machine was first used at the Parur Assembly constituency in Kerala. The SC set later aside the election and ordered a repoll in 50 of the 85 polling stations. However, by the 2004 Lok Sabha election, EVMs had completely replaced ballot papers at all 543 seats.
Explained: Symbol Loading Unit (SLU), the ‘matchbox’ that feeds EVM candidate information
May 07, 2024 6:38 am
Symbol Loading Units ensure EVMs can be used for voting. Underlining the sanctity of the election process, the SC has tightened norms for their use.
Full cross-checking, mismatches, return to paper: 5 arguments Supreme Court rejected on VVPATs
May 07, 2024 6:37 am
In separate but concurring opinions, the Supreme Court Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta reiterated the court’s confidence in EVMs and the protocols to ensure they cannot be manipulated.
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