Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah defends use of paper ballots in local body polls, BJP calls it move to appease high commandKarnataka government is pushing for ballot papers in upcoming local body elections. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah defends the decision citing...
05 Sep, 2025, 03.14 PM IST
PM should pay heed to his friend Trump's remarks on paper-ballot voting: CongressCongress urges Prime Minister Narendra Modi to adopt paper ballots for voting, echoing US President Donald Trump's concerns over the integr...
22 Feb, 2025, 05.11 PM IST
Plea in SC seeks review of EVM VVPAT verdictA review petition has been filed in the Supreme Court, challenging its rejection of reverting to paper ballots and cross-verifying EVM vote...
13 May, 2024, 04.38 PM IST
HC to hear in Aug plea for direction to EC to stop using EVMs, use ballot paper in pollsPetitioner advocate C R Jaya Sukin said many developed countries have banned the use of EVMs and have chosen to the ballot system of voting...
16 Jul, 2021, 03.30 PM IST
EC under pressure not to act on complaints on EVMs: SiddaramaiahSiddaramaiah said that he was not "scared" of rigging of EVMs in the state as he doubted the possibility of hacking all machines.
16 Apr, 2019, 01.25 PM IST
EVM is chor machine: Farooq AbdullahHe blamed the BJP for the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and said people are being divided on religious lines. "People are being branded as...
20 Jan, 2019, 06.43 PM IST
Return to ballot paper system 'retrograde step': Former CECSeventeen Opposition parties, including the Trinamool Congress, are planning to approach the Election Commission, demanding that ballot pap...
03 Aug, 2018, 04.59 PM IST
Reverting to paper ballots is a retrograde step: ex-CEC KrishnamurthyThe paper ballot system is susceptible to manipulation, leads to wastage of paper and takes longer to announce poll results, among other di...
19 Mar, 2018, 05.01 PM IST
Election Commission rules out paper ballot system after EVM challengeWith the Centre releasing Rs 3,173 crore for acquiring 16.15 lakh VVPAT machines, these will be used in all polling stations in the 2019 Lo...
03 Jun, 2017, 10.51 PM IST
No need of reverting to paper ballot system: CECIn a fitting reply to all political parties, who questioned the accuracy of the VVPAT, the CEC said there is no need to revert to the old p...
20 May, 2017, 09.23 PM IST
Election Commission issues 'open challenge' to people to hack its EVMs"From first week of May, experts, scientists, technocrats can come for a week or 10 days and try to hack the machines," an official source ...
12 Apr, 2017, 07.21 PM IST
16 Opposition parties urge Election Commission to revert to paper ballotsRepresentatives of parties including Congress, BSP, DMK, TMC and the Left met top EC officials to demand reintroduction of the ballot paper...
10 Apr, 2017, 07.20 PM IST
EVMs are reliable and safer, says Election CommissionQuestions were being asked as to whether going back to the conventional system would require a change in the law.
04 Apr, 2017, 04.57 PM IST
Election Commission not controller of democratic process: CongressThe opposition party also said that the EC should not be an advocate for electronic voting machines (EVMs) and should conduct polls to the ...
03 Apr, 2017, 08.12 PM IST
Government seeks states' views on open ballot system for legislative Council pollsUnder open ballot, MLAs belonging to political parties are required to show their ballot paper, after casting vote, to the authorised repre...
09 Aug, 2016, 03.23 PM IST
- Supreme Court to examine plea on electronic voting machines on priority
SC has agreed to take up for hearing on priority basis Subramanian Swamy's plea to incorporate paper printouts in EVMs.
13 Sep, 2012, 02.49 PM IST
- Losers second Advani’s ‘shun EVM’ call
CPM, RJD, JD(S), AIADMK call for old traditional ballot system.
06 Jul, 2009, 06.58 AM IST