Glitches discovered during poll data input Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the Supreme Court reserved its judgement on Apr. 18 regarding a plea seeking cross-verification of votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), complaints of malfunctioning EVMs, VVPAT machines, and Control Units have been reported from various Assembly Constituencies in…
Preparations on to shift EVMs to Mustering Centre
March 21, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency going to the polls in the second phase of voting to take place on Apr. 26, preparations are on to shift the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Control Units, Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs) and other election materials to the Mustering Centre at Baden Powell Public School at Scouts…
District Administration gears up for randomisation of EVMs and VVPATs
February 27, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With the Lok Sabha polls round the corner, the district administration has geared up for randomisation of Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs) and Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), that would be done once the Election Commission of India (ECI) announces the poll schedule, which is likely to happen any time after Mar.10. The EVMs…
DC launches demonstration of EVMs
January 8, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With the Lok Sabha (LS) polls just a few months away, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra launched a public demonstration on the functioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and VVPAT (Voter-verified Paper Audit Trail) machines, for the benefit of general public, at his Office on Bannur Road in Siddarthanagar here this morning. Speaking…
Preparing for Lok Sabha Elections 2024: First-Level Checking of voting machines begins
August 1, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The First-Level Checking (FLC) of the 1,500 new Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines that were brought to the city recently from Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad, began this morning at the EVM Warehouse near the Office of the Deputy Commissioner at Siddarthanagar. The machines will…
First level of EVM checking in city from Aug.1
July 29, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With the Lok Sabha polls just a few months away, the first level of EVM (Electronic Voting Machines) checking will commence in the city from Aug.1. A total of 1,500 EVMs dispatched from Hyderabad have already arrived in the city and stored at the EVM godown located in the premises of the new Deputy…
Preparations for 2024 Lok Sabha polls begin
July 22, 2023Team in Hyderabad to get 1,500 new EVMs, VVPATs; All old machines except those used in Varuna Constituency in Mysuru to be used Mysore/Mysuru: Preparatory work for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is underway across the nation and the Election Commission has commenced the manufacturing of 8.92 lakh new Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)…
After results, EVM machines now back in Warehouse
May 15, 2023During non-election period, EVMs cannot be moved out without Election Commission’s permission Mysore/Mysuru: All the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) machines and the attached control units and ballot units have been returned to the EVM Warehouse near the new Deputy Commissioner’s Office at Siddarthanagar. In the recently concluded elections in…
Election lessons for master trainers
April 16, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has started training the master trainers in Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), rules and regulations as prescribed by the Election Commission of India, maintaining and managing the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) systems and technicalities and protocols to ensure a free and fair elections for the upcoming Assembly polls. Senior…
Preventing EVM fraud
April 3, 2023DC initiates randomisation process to allot ballot and control units to polling booths Mysore/Mysuru: The first phase of randomisation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail Machines (VVPAT) for the forthcoming Assembly elections on May 10 was done this morning at the EVM Warehouse near the new Deputy Commissioner’s Office at…
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