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Preparations for 2024 Lok Sabha polls begin
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Preparations for 2024 Lok Sabha polls begin

July 22, 2023

Team 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)…

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…

Polling tomorrow from 7 am to 6 pm
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Polling tomorrow from 7 am to 6 pm

May 9, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: The fate of 143 candidates, who are contesting from 11 Assembly Constituencies  in Mysuru district, will be sealed tomorrow in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) as Karnataka will go to polls from 7 am to 6 pm. On its part, the Election Commission and the District Administration have appealed the voters to exercise their…

11 strong rooms readied in Mysuru to store EVMs
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11 strong rooms readied in Mysuru to store EVMs

April 5, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Assembly Elections are around the corner and the Election Commission has begun the process of setting up of strong rooms to store EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) and VVPATs (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail). Hundreds of skilled workers, government employees, supervisors and contract staff are being used for the strong room design as per…

Preventing EVM fraud
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Preventing EVM fraud

April 3, 2023

DC 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…

EVMs gathering dust at CITB Choultry
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EVMs gathering dust at CITB Choultry

August 1, 2019

We need the Choultry back, demand miffed residents Mysuru: The residents of Hebbal are a miffed lot as the CITB Choultry, the only place where they conduct their family events and ceremonies, has been sealed by Election Officers. Reason: The building is being used as a Strong Room to store Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) that…

EVMs, VVPATs shifted back to storage houses
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EVMs, VVPATs shifted back to storage houses

May 24, 2019

Mysore:  After over a month-long electoral battle to the 17th Lok Sabha, the entire electoral process ended yesterday for the Mysuru-Kodagu Constituency with counting and shifting of machines to storage houses. All Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines that were used for the counting were shifted back to the…

Mobile toilets for Policemen guarding EVMs
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Mobile toilets for Policemen guarding EVMs

April 23, 2019

Mysuru:  In a major relief to Policemen guarding the strong rooms at Maharani’s College of Commerce and Management on Valmiki Road, Vinayakanagar (Paduvarahalli) where Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) machines are stored for the counting day on May 23, mobile toilets are set up at the college premises. Though…

EVMs under 3-tier security
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EVMs under 3-tier security

April 19, 2019

Mysuru: Three-tier security has been provided at Maharani’s College of Commerce and Management in Vinayakanagar (Paduvarahalli) where the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) machines and the Control Units are stored in strong rooms. Votes were polled across eight Assembly segments (Chamaraja, Narasimharaja, Krishnaraja, Chamundeshwari, Hunsur, Periyapatna, Virajpet and Madikeri) that…

EVMs, VVPATs shifted to taluk treasuries, strong rooms
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EVMs, VVPATs shifted to taluk treasuries, strong rooms

March 23, 2019

Mysuru: With hardly a month to go for the clash of titans in the Lok Sabha Elections, the Election Commission, aided actively by the ground-level implementation officers are fully geared up for the festival of democracy by ensuring the poll process is glitch-free. While a massive exercise has begun to sensitise voters by Systematic Voter’s…

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