Tag: VVPAT

SC dismisses VVPAT review petition
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SC dismisses VVPAT review petition

May 7, 2019

The petition was filed by 21 Opposition parties’ leaders demanding random matching of at least 50 percent of VVPAT slips with EVMs in every Assembly segment New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) today dismissed the review petition filed by 21 Opposition parties’ leaders demanding the random matching of at least 50 percent of the Voter…

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…

DC warns parties on poll code violation
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DC warns parties on poll code violation

March 30, 2018

Mysuru: District Election Officer and Deputy Commissioner K.B. Sivakumar has asked the leaders of political parties to strictly comply with the Model Code of Conduct. “The parties should take care that poll code is not violated,” he said while chairing a meeting with leaders of political parties at his office yesterday. This election, each EVM…

Mock Poll held to validate EVMs and VVPAT units
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Mock Poll held to validate EVMs and VVPAT units

March 28, 2018

Mysuru: With the State Assembly poll schedule announced, the District Administration held a Mock Poll Drill at the MysoreOne Centre on Seshadri Iyer Road this morning where the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units are stocked. The exercise was just to ensure that the equipment was in order with…

Checking of EVMs, VVPAT at MCC Zonal Office
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Checking of EVMs, VVPAT at MCC Zonal Office

March 8, 2018

Mysuru: The First Level Checking (FLC) of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) is going on at the storage room in the MCC Zonal Office, opposite  Vidyavardhaka College on Seshadri Iyer Road, since the last four to five days. Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep (now transferred) and the officials from…

Assembly Elections 2018: Election Commission begins Training for Electoral Officers
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Assembly Elections 2018: Election Commission begins Training for Electoral Officers

January 8, 2018

Mysuru: In view of the forthcoming Assembly elections in Karnataka, a six-week training programme for Electoral Officers (Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers) began at the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) on Lalitha Mahal road in city this morning. The training programme is organised by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in association with the State…

EC plans EVMs with paper trail for 2018 Assembly elections
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EC plans EVMs with paper trail for 2018 Assembly elections

December 29, 2017

Bengaluru: The demand of the ruling Congress Government in Karnataka for replacing Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with ballot papers is unlikely to cut much ice with the Election Commission (EC) as the poll body has already initiated the process to introduce EVMs equipped with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) for the forthcoming Assembly elections…

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VVPAT Makes Debut At Nanjangud By-elections On April 9

April 4, 2017

Mysuru DC D. Randeep, together with Nodal Officer Satish, gave a demonstration of the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) Unit to be used in conjunction with Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the by-poll. They said that 355 VVPAT units have been brought from Uttar Pradesh and 236 of them would be used along with…

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