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
EC revises protocol on storage of symbol loading units after SC orderIn a statement on Wednesday, the poll authority said all state chief electoral officers have been directed to create necessary infrastructu...
01 May, 2024, 06.37 PM IST
SC's EVM order: Former CECs say 100% cross-verification not neededDelivering its verdict on a clutch of petitions, the top court said persistent doubts and despair in EVMs create distrust in the electoral ...
26 Apr, 2024, 07.47 PM IST
EVM-VVPAT Case: Supreme Court to decide today on pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slipsEVM-VVPAT Case, Supreme Court Order: India's Supreme Court is set to announce its decision on petitions calling for cross-verification of v...
26 Apr, 2024, 09.32 AM IST
SC reserves judgment in EVM-VVPAT case after seeking certain clarifications from ECIThe Supreme Court has reserved its judgment in the EVM-VVPAT case after seeking clarification from the Election Commission of India regardi...
24 Apr, 2024, 02.57 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
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
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
Declaration of results may get delayed by 5-6 hours: Delhi Chief Electoral OfficerFrom every assembly constituency, five (VVPATs) will be randomly selected and they will be counted.
20 May, 2019, 10.17 PM IST
Frame counting rules if VVPATs, EVMs don’t tally: Opposition parties to ECThe move came after the SC rejected a review petition filed by 21 opposition parties for increasing the VVPAT tallying with EVM figures to ...
08 May, 2019, 08.46 AM IST
Will continue to fight for transparency in election process: Chandrababu Naidu after setback in Supreme Court"We respect the Supreme Court's order...but the party will not give up and continue its fight for transparency in the election process in t...
07 May, 2019, 05.52 PM IST
Opposition urges SC to review its VVPAT order for increasing the vote tally to 50%The review plea filed by 21 Opposition parties cited recent instances of EVM malfunctioning across the country.
25 Apr, 2019, 10.18 AM IST
SC for more VVPAT matching in polls; tells EC no institution should insulate itself from improvement"No institution, including judiciary, can insulate itself from suggestion for improvement," said Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
26 Mar, 2019, 09.50 AM IST
EVMs to have paper trail (VVPAT) in Gujarat polls: EC to SCThe VVPAT machine is connected with EVMs and dispenses a paper proof for the voters so that they can verify that their vote is cast correct...
09 Aug, 2017, 05.26 PM IST
Rs 3,200 crore granted to EC for EVM paper trail unitsThe move comes amid increasing political noises questioning the credibility of electronic voting machines and repeated demand by some to up...
20 Apr, 2017, 07.52 AM IST
Voters to get 'automated-receipts' at Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seatGandhinagar LS seat is among seven constituencies of the country where voters will be able to verify their vote through a newly introduced ...
29 Apr, 2014, 10.24 PM IST