Tag: Electronic Voting Machines

Three-tier security for EVMs
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Three-tier security for EVMs

April 27, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Security for the strong rooms storing Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and the VVPAT systems (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) will be organised in three tiers. Armed personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), specially deployed for this purpose, will assume control over the counting centre security. It may be mentioned here that the…

Defective EVM machines replaced with reserve units
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Defective EVM machines replaced with reserve units

April 19, 2024

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…

Process of taluk-wise EVM allocation begins
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Process of taluk-wise EVM allocation begins

March 20, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: The process of segregating and allocating Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to various Taluks of Mysuru district, falling under the Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency, began at the EVM Warehouse near the new Deputy Commissioner’s Office at Siddarthanagar this morning. Overseeing the operation were Deputy Commissioner and District Electoral Officer Dr. K.V. Rajendra, Additional Deputy Commissioner…

District Administration gears up for randomisation of EVMs and VVPATs
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District Administration gears up for randomisation of EVMs and VVPATs

February 27, 2024

Mysore/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
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DC launches demonstration of EVMs

January 8, 2024

Mysore/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…

After results, EVM machines now back in Warehouse
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After results, EVM machines now back in Warehouse

May 15, 2023

During 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…

Three-tier security for EVMs at strong rooms
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Three-tier security for EVMs at strong rooms

May 11, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: With the fate of candidates securely sealed in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and the VVPAT systems (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail), the machines were brought to the mustering centres and after de-mustering, the machines were shifted to the Maharani’s College of Commerce and Management for Women on Valmiki Road in Vinayakanagar (Paduvarahalli). It…

22 Hyderabad engineers begin EVM setting process
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22 Hyderabad engineers begin EVM setting process

April 29, 2023

Names of candidates and party symbols being inserted in each Electronic Voting Machine Mysore/Mysuru: A team of 22 engineers from Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad, has arrived in Mysuru to check the control units and ballot units of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) that will be used…

EVM demonstration centre opens at Mysuru DC Office
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EVM demonstration centre opens at Mysuru DC Office

March 7, 2023

Voter awareness campaigns have a crucial role to play, says DC Dr. K.V. Rajendra Mysore/Mysuru: Elaborate preparations have started at the level of the District Administration in view of ensuing 2023 Assembly elections. Yesterday, the administration established an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) demonstration centre in the district to…

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