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  Gujarat Assembly Elections: Repolling underway in 6 polling stations

  Gujarat Assembly Elections | December 17, 2017 12:03 IST

  On Friday, Chief Electoral Officer BB Swain ordered re-polling in Chhaniyan-1 and Chhaniyan-2 polling stations of Vadgam constituency, booth no. 27 of Viramgam constituency, Nava Naroda booth of Daskroi constituency and Nhara-1 and Sakard

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  Gujarat elections: Repolling to be conducted at 6 polling stations on Sunday

  Gujarat Assembly Elections | December 16, 2017 15:02 IST

  The Election Commission has ordered repolling on Sunday in six booths of the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections.

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  Gujarat Congress wants atleast 25% of the vote to be counted through VVPAT

  Politics | December 15, 2017 14:28 IST

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  Election Commission says paper trail bolstered voters' confidence

  Gujarat Assembly Elections | December 12, 2017 20:10 IST

  The ECI has put in place robust administrative safeguards and security protocols for use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) for the second phase of polls in Gujarat.

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  Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017: Election Commission seeks to allay fears on EVMs integrity

  Gujarat Assembly Elections | December 09, 2017 6:51 IST

  The EC is also deploying for the first time the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in all the 50,128 polling stations in the state to "inject greater transparency and credibility" to the voting process.

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  Gujarat polls: VVPAT machines will be used along with EVMs, says CEC A K Joti

  Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections | December 03, 2017 18:53 IST

  The Election Commission of India on Sunday said that VVPAT machines will be used along with EVMs in the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat.

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  Assembly Elections 2017: Himachal to vote on Nov 9, counting on Dec 18

  Politics | October 12, 2017 17:09 IST

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  Will be 'logistically ready' to hold simultaneous polls by September 2018, EC tells govt

  Politics | October 05, 2017 8:36 IST

  Election Commission would be "logistically equipped" by September 2018 to hold simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha and assemblies, Election Commissioner O P Rawat said on Wednesday.

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  Gujarat polls: Supreme Court asks EC to explore possibility of using VVPATs

  India | July 06, 2017 21:13 IST

  Supreme Court today sought the response of the Election Commission on the possibility of using EVMs with VVPATs in the Gujarat assembly election later this year.

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  AAP requests EC to verify at least 25 per cent EVMs with VVPAT

  Politics | July 06, 2017 14:22 IST

  EC has decided to verify votes cast in 5 per cent of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) selected randomly by cross-checking them with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).

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  EC to hold EVM demo today, announce dates for hackathon

  Politics | May 20, 2017 12:12 IST

  The EC is all set to hold a demonstration on the working of the EVMs and VVPATs which aims to allay fears that these can be tampered with in favour of a candidate/party.

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  EC presser tomorrow to demonstrate working of VVPAT and EVM

  Politics | May 19, 2017 13:14 IST

  The Election Commission (EC) has decided to hold a live demo of Voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) and EVMs and explain how they function. The demonstrations, to be held on Saturday, are an attempt to prove that the machines are infallible.

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  SC seeks Centre's response on plea for VVPAT for Gujarat polls

  Politics | May 07, 2017 14:50 IST

  Supreme Court has sought response of the Centre and the chief election commissioner on a plea filed a Gujarat Patidar leader seeking VVPAT for the upcoming Assembly election in the state.

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  Election Commission to buy 16 lakh VVPAT machines in 2 years, issues letter of intent to manufacturers

  Politics | April 23, 2017 14:56 IST

  New Delhi: The Election Commission has issued a letter of intent for purchase of 16,15,000 Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail ( VVPAT) machines in the next two years to be used in all polling stations in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The Commission issue

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  Blow to Kejriwal as Delhi HC rejects AAP plea for paper trail EVMs in MCD polls

  Politics | April 21, 2017 14:34 IST

  The Delhi High Court today dismissed the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) plea for using paper trail voting machines in the municipal polls slated to be held on April 23. The High Court pointed out that it cannot pass such an order at the last minute.

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  Victory for Congress: Chidambaram on govt’s decision to buy VVPATs

  April 20, 2017 11:15 IST

  Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Wednesday welcomed the government's decision to buy paper trail machines for EVMs saying "it's a victory for Congress, opposition parties and democracy".

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  All we need to know about ‘voter verifiable paper audit trail’ and its introduction

  India | April 19, 2017 16:51 IST

  The idea of an additional layer of transparency for the satisfaction of voters in the form of a ‘voter verifiable paper trail’ was suggested by the political parties in a meeting taken by the Election Commission of India on 4th October, 2010

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  SC issues notices to centre, EC on BSP's plea for EVMs with paper trail

  Politics | April 13, 2017 13:33 IST

  The Supreme Court today issued notices to the central government and the Election Commission (EC) on a BSP plea seeking direction for use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with the Voter Verifiable Paper Trail (VVPAT).

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  Rajya Sabha MPs bat for paper trail in EVMs, state funding of polls

  Politics | March 22, 2017 21:56 IST

  Members in the Rajya Sabha today sought the use of VVPAT machines and called for bold electoral reforms like state funding of polls and audit of election spending by political parties.

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  Maharashtra polls: Notification issued for Oct 15 assembly elections

  Politics | October 01, 2014 15:36 IST

  Mumbai: The process for the October 15 election to the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly began today with authorities issuing the poll notification.  The by-poll for the parliamentary seat of Beed, vacated following the death of BJP