VVPAT-EVM verification: Supreme Court rejects plea seeking review of verdictThe Supreme Court dismissed a petition for 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips, stating no review of its April 26 judgement is ...
30 Jul, 2024, 11.33 AM IST
Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: How will 64 crore votes be counted? Here is the complete processThe counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections will follow strict guidelines set by the Election Commission. The process will begin with...
04 Jun, 2024, 05.38 AM IST
Election Result 2024: What are EVMs, VVPAT and the controversy related to it?Ahead of the Lok Sabha election results, the INDIA alliance urges the Election Commission to prioritize the counting of postal ballots over...
03 Jun, 2024, 10.03 PM IST
Relax. EVMs are secure, can be moreThe whole process, involving technical, management and legal aspects, has been a success story for EC from the days of ballot boxes, when b...
27 Apr, 2024, 04.06 PM IST
Introduced nearly 11 years ago to enhance transparency, VVPATs back in focus after SC verdictSupreme Court's decision on EVM-VVPAT verification highlighted the importance of transparency in elections. The ruling focused on the use o...
26 Apr, 2024, 05.12 PM IST
Supreme Court reserves judgment on petitions seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT verificationThe Supreme Court reserved its judgment on petitions urging for 100% verification of Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips before ...
18 Apr, 2024, 04.25 PM IST
SC asks ECI to look into allegations of extra votes being recorded for BJP during mock polls of EVMs in KeralaThe Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission of India to investigate allegations made by senior advocate Prashant Bhushan regardi...
18 Apr, 2024, 12.55 PM IST
SC ordered 2% slip audit in 2019 on parties' petitionThe Supreme Court has heard a plea for a complete count of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail paper slips in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. ...
03 Apr, 2024, 10.19 AM IST
What are VVPATs, how do they work and why is Opposition demanding more machines in Lok Sabha polls?The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission regarding a PIL submitted by activist Arun Kumar Agrawal on EVMs, calling ...
02 Apr, 2024, 04.26 PM IST
Countdown to 2024: EVM-paper slip issue returns to political arenaThe issue of EVM credibility and VVPAT auditing has been raised repeatedly by many political parties. During the August 27, 2018 meeting th...
21 Dec, 2023, 12.28 AM IST
100% VVPAT count idea 'regressive', like adopting paper ballot: Election Commission to SCThe Election Commission of India (EC) has defended the EVM-VVPAT system against a petition seeking 100% data cross verification, stating th...
08 Sep, 2023, 12.10 AM IST
Can I ask for a copy of VVPAT?The VVPAT machine gives instant feedback to the voter, through a printed slip. Essentially, after a voter presses the button confirming the...
18 Sep, 2022, 05.42 PM IST
What is VVPAT?The VVPAT machine gives instant feedback to the voter, through a printed slip.
05 Feb, 2020, 02.41 PM IST
Eight cases of VVPAT-EVM mismatch in Lok Sabha pollsThe counting mismatch –– estimated at 0.0004% –– has had no impact on the final election results in the eight cases, an election commission...
22 Jul, 2019, 08.28 AM IST
EVM-VVPAT pass test in Lok Sabha pollsThe first Lok Sabha election in which each EVM was 100% backed by a VVPAT and in which physical verification of VVPAT slips has been done- ...
23 May, 2019, 09.30 PM IST
SC directs EC to increase random checking of VVPAT slipsA bench headed by CJI Gogoi did not agree to the request of 21 opposition parties leaders that VVPAT slips of 50 per cent EVMs be matched.
09 Apr, 2019, 08.07 AM IST
Experts back poll panel’s VVPAT counting formulaThe VVPAT is a printer-like machine attached to an EVM that allows a voter to briefly see whether his vote has been correctly gone in favou...
08 Oct, 2018, 07.05 AM IST