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EVMs secure at counting centre
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EVMs secure at counting centre

April 27, 2024

Officers await EVMs, VVPATs from remote places in Virajpet; CRPF to take over strong rooms security Mysore/Mysuru: Following the conclusion of polling at 6 pm yesterday, the fate of the 18 candidates vying for the Lok Sabha elections in the Mysuru-Kodagu Constituency is sealed in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPAT systems (Voter Verifiable Paper…

EVM-VVPAT case: SC rejects pleas seeking 100% cross-verification
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EVM-VVPAT case: SC rejects pleas seeking 100% cross-verification

April 26, 2024

No change in vote counting process for election, rules Apex Court New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) this morning rejected petitions seeking 100 percent cross-verification of votes cast on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with paper slips generated through the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) method. The two-Judge Bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice…

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…

Preparations on to shift EVMs to Mustering Centre
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Preparations on to shift EVMs to Mustering Centre

March 21, 2024

Mysore/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…

Preparing for Lok Sabha Elections 2024: First-Level Checking of voting machines begins
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Preparing for Lok Sabha Elections 2024: First-Level Checking of voting machines begins

August 1, 2023

Mysore/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…

Officers trained to handle EVMs, verification systems
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Officers trained to handle EVMs, verification systems

March 5, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: In view of the ensuing Assembly elections, a hands-on training and sensitisation programme for Electronic Voting Machine (EVM)/Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) for officers was held at the D. Devaraj Urs Auditorium of the Zilla Panchayat yesterday. The training was carried out under the leadership of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra. The…

9,280 EVMs checked; securely placed, locked
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9,280 EVMs checked; securely placed, locked

December 6, 2022

First-Level Check completed in four days by 50 officials, political party reps Four machines found faulty; sent back to Hyderabad factory for replacement Mysore/Mysuru: Four out of 9,280 brand-new Electronic Voting Machines (Ballot Units) were found faulty and have been sent back to the Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad, from where all the…

As election season nears, Congress raises EVM issue
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As election season nears, Congress raises EVM issue

November 30, 2022

‘Machines brought to Mysuru have raised doubts; open each EVM box for demo’ Mysuru: Even as the Supreme Court recently dismissed a petition seeking directions for ruling out discrepancies in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), the Mysuru District Congress has expressed doubts over the EVMs, Control Units and Ballot Units that have been recently brought…

Women Congress launches post card campaign for ballot paper polls
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Women Congress launches post card campaign for ballot paper polls

June 26, 2019

Mysuru: Members of the KPCC women’s wing launched a post card campaign seeking to return to ballot papers, in front of the MCC office here yesterday. Addressing the women Congress workers, former MLA M.K. Somashekar alleged that EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) were hacked during the 2018 Assembly polls and the 2019 Lok Sabha Polls. Maintaining…

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