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…
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…
EVM demonstration centre opens at Mysuru DC Office
March 7, 2023Voter 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…
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…
Demo on use of EVMs, VVPATs
March 4, 20235,620 ballot units, 3,936 control units and 4,266 VVPAT machines have arrived in Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: Elaborate preparations have started at the level of the District Administration in view of ensuing 2023 Assembly elections. Yesterday, the Mysuru District Administration demonstrated the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) to sensitise…
‘User acceptance test’ of vote verification machines begins
February 17, 2023Mysuru DC Dr. K.V. Rajendra inspects EVM Warehouse and VVPAT Machines Mysore/Mysuru: A team of 55 engineers from the Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad, is set to begin the process of checking each of the 4,274 VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails) systems that have been stored at EVM warehouse near the new…
55 engineers to check each of 4,274 vote verification machines
February 16, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Over 4,274 VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails) systems arrived in the city on the night of Feb. 14 amidst tight security from Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad. On Feb, 15, the process of recording each VVPAT system through a barcode began. The systems were brought by a team of officers and…
Vote verification machines arriving in city tonight
February 13, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Over 4,274 VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails) systems will arrive in Mysuru city at around 11 tonight from the manufacturing facility in Hyderabad. VVPAT or Verified Paper Record (VPR) is an independent paper record of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). VVPAT is connected with the EVMs through a printer port, which records vote…
Nine trucks with VVPAT machines to arrive in city on Feb. 13: DC
February 6, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With the preparations for the forthcoming Assembly polls in the State that are due in a couple of months having already begun, the Voter Verification Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines will be arriving in city on Feb. 13. Disclosing this after a meeting with representatives of various political parties at the new District Office…
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