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The exact reason for rejecting the proposal was not known immediately.

The proposal has been cleared by the law ministry and amendments will be made to the provisions of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961.

The move comes against the backdrop of the Supreme Court asking the Centre to decide on the issue by next month.

Votes in the EVMs are counted polling station-wise, which leads to situations where voting patterns in various localities become known to e...

The Election Commission is learnt to have today pitched for giving equal constitutional protection to all members of the poll body.

The EC has approached the Law Ministry with a proposal to introduce 'Totaliser' machine for counting of votes.

The Election Commission wants to use a new machine to enhance secrecy of votes during counting which prevents disclosure of voting pattern.

Seeking to enhance secrecy of votes during counting, EC proposes introduction of a new machine to prevent disclosure of voting pattern.

Team Anna met EC in a bid to raise the pitch for electoral reforms and demanded that 'right to reject' option be included in EVMs

According to Team Anna, the meeting was "very useful" and the Election Commission was "very receptive" to their ideas and demands.