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  Matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs: SC dismisses review plea of 21 Opposition leaders

  May 07, 2019 11:33 IST

  "We are not inclined to modify our order," a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said.

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  Telangana: BJP contestant wants to put his lock on EVM strong rooms

  April 15, 2019 20:09 IST

  Arvind Dharmapuri wrote to the Returning Officer of the constituency which went to polls on April 11 and created a record with use of 12 electronic voting machines (EVMs) in each polling booth to accommodate 185 candidates, plus NOTA.  

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  Opposition parties to approach SC again to demand verification of 50 pc votes by paper trails

  Politics | April 14, 2019 14:32 IST

  Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi said opposition parties will approach the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the EC for counting of at least 50 per cent of the VVPAT slips with the EVMs in every assembly segment.

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  Chandrababu Naidu unhappy over non-functioning of EVMs​

  April 11, 2019 10:34 IST

  Naidu said that polling was delayed at several places as the EVMs were not functioning.

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  Slip count of 50 per cent of VVPAT needed: Opposition tells Supreme Court

  April 07, 2019 12:56 IST

  The parties on Saturday filed their official response in court in a reply to the EC's affidavit, which claimed that there is a possibility of delay by an average of six days.

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  LS elections 2019 | There's no need to increase VVPAT count to match it with EVM: EC in Supreme Court

  March 29, 2019 14:12 IST

  The General Elections are scheduled to be held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.

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  Lok Sabha Polls 2019: Vehicles carrying reserved EVMs, VVPATs to be fitted with GPS trackers

  March 15, 2019 14:19 IST

  Instructions have been issued to all state chief electoral officers to carefully monitor 'end-to-end' movement of all reserved EVMs and paper trail machines.

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  SC seeks EC's response on Opposition leaders' plea for tallying of 50 per cent of EVMs with VVPAT

  March 15, 2019 11:59 IST

  The plea was filed by several opposition leaders, including Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others.

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2019 | EC to take call on increasing VVPAT-EVM count after Indian Statistical Institute report

  March 11, 2019 7:17 IST

  There have been demands to increase the number of polling stations where EVM and VVPAT results are matched to dispel fears about electronic voting machines being 'hacked' to favour a particular political party.

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  Vehicles transporting reserve EVM's, VVPATs to have GPS trackers: Official

  India | March 09, 2019 11:16 IST

  The poll panel has instructed that end-to-end movement of all reserve EVMs and VVPATs shall be carefully monitored at all times

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  Most parties have reposed faith in EVMs, though some asked for counting of more VVPAT slips: CEC Sunil Arora

  India | February 13, 2019 8:00 IST

  Arora said the group of experts from the Indian Statistical Organisation and National Sample Survey Organisation would submit its report soon on the possibility of counting VVPATs.

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  100 per cent VVPAT coverage in LS polls: EC tells Madras High Court

  February 05, 2019 20:52 IST

  After the EC's submission assuring 100 per cent use of VVPAT machines, the bench dismissed the petition.

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  Lok Sabha Polls: Oppn demands matching of 50% of EVM results with VVPATs

  February 04, 2019 20:33 IST

  "If it is not possible to introduce ballot papers then at least 50 per cent of VVPAT should be counted for cross verification with EVM," Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge told media outside the EC office.

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  High Court notice to Election Commision over PIL seeking to make VVPAT error-free

  India | February 01, 2019 20:24 IST

  The Bombay High Court issued a notice on Friday to the Election Commission of India (ECI) over a PIL seeking directions to make voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) devices more transparent and error-free.

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  Congress distances itself from London presser on EVM hacking, demands 50-pc VVPAT check in 2019 polls

  January 22, 2019 11:11 IST

  It said there are rigorous standard operating procedures "meticulously observed" at all stages under the supervision of a committee of technical experts constituted in 2010.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019: VVPATs for all 10.6 lakh polling stations, says EC

  October 08, 2018 9:36 IST

  The poll panel on September 26 had said that it has enhanced the requirement of additional VVPATs from 125 per cent to 135 per cent considering the trend of failure rate of the machines in past elections, besides adopting improved hardware for them.

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  All EVMs, VVPAT machines needed for conducting 2019 Lok Sabha polls will be delivered by year-end: EC

  India | July 25, 2018 18:49 IST

  The EC said that while all required EVMs -- 13.95 lakh ballot units and 9.3 lakh control units—will be delivered by September 30, VVPATs will also be delivered well before the end of November.

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  Lok Sabha elections 2019: ECI places order for 16.15 lakh VVPATs

  July 25, 2018 17:16 IST

  Lok Sabha elections 2019: “All VVPATs shall be delivered well within the time required for making pre-poll preparations for 2019 Lok Sabha elections,” ECI said.

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  After VVPAT glitches in two bypolls, opposition parties revive demand for using ballot papers in place of EVMs

  India | May 29, 2018 21:38 IST

  The Election Commission, however, on Tuesday clarified that there were no faults in EVMs used for bypolls on May 28, adding the glitches were limited to VVPATs only.

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  Gujarat Election Results 2017: 100 per cent match in random vote count on EVMs and paper trail

  Gujarat Assembly Elections | December 19, 2017 9:09 IST

  “There was a 100 per cent match in the results of the EVM and the slips produced by the paper trail machines,” the official of the election machinery said.