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
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…
Officers trained to handle EVMs, verification systems
March 5, 2023Mysore/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
December 6, 2022First-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
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
June 26, 2019Mysuru: 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…
Bus transporting EVMs catches fire
April 19, 2019Mysuru: A KSRTC bus transporting EVMs to a de-mustering centre in city after polling for Lok Sabha polls ended yesterday, caught fire causing tension for some time on Thursday evening. The KSRTC bus was transporting EVMs from Booth Nos. 242 and 245 in Chamundeshwari Assembly segment of Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency to the de-mustering centre…
DC briefs media, gives demo on EVMs
March 16, 2019Mysuru: A Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) has been constituted through which all advertisements and news items pertaining to election should be authorised by the Committee 48 hours prior to the conclusion of election process by the political parties before presenting to the media. Disclosing this to the media at a meeting held at…
Press any button on EVM, vote goes to ‘Lotus’!
May 13, 2018Bengaluru: Press any button on the EVM at a polling booth in Hebbal Constituency and the vote was going to lotus symbol (BJP), alleged Congress Spokesperson Brijesh Kalappa. Five polling booths were set up at an apartment in RMV II Stage. At the second polling booth the aforementioned mistake was happening forcing many voters to…
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