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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.

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.

Supreme Court VVPAT judgment: What has changed — and not changed?

April 27, 2024 5:34 am

While the apex court’s judgment does not change anything for voters, candidates will be allowed to seek verification of 5% EVMs post polls

EVM makers don’t know which party gets which button: poll panel to Supreme Court

April 18, 2024 6:25 pm

The Election Commission also rejects as ‘false’ a news report about a mismatch between votes recorded on electronic voting machines and VVPAT units during a mock poll in Kerala.

5 dist collectors slapped notices for not attending workshop on EVM, VVPAT 

June 28, 2023 3:00 pm

"It has come to notice that you remained absent from the above important workshop as scheduled by the Election Commission of India. The Election Commission of India has taken this very seriously, as this workshop was critical for ensuing FLC and subsequent EVM related process," said the letter.

Elections 2019: VVPAT and EVM - know counting rules, process, method

May 22, 2019 8:42 pm

VVPAT and EVM counting rules, process, method: The counting will begin at 8 am on May 23. Postal ballot papers will be counted first, after that starts the EVM counting.

VVPAT slips: Supreme Court grants Opposition leaders week to file reply

April 02, 2019 3:45 am

The petition filed by by leaders from 21 political parties has sought directions to the EC to randomly verify at least 50 per cent EVMs using VVPAT slips in the assembly and general elections starting next month.

Delhi Confidential: Court Calls

March 26, 2019 6:06 am

He appeared for the opposition ‘alliance’ in the Supreme Court on the VVPAT issue and managed to convince the court to speak in favour of increasing random physical verification of VVPAT slips in the Lok Sabha polls.

100 pc VVPAT coverage in Lok Sabha polls: EC tells Madras HC

February 05, 2019 10:13 pm

A decision was taken to 100 per cent implementation of VVPAT system in the 2019 election at an all-party meeting convened by the EC in 2017.

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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