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
April 19, 2019Mysuru: 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…
Criminal action against those filing false complaint against VVPAT: DC Sivakumar
March 30, 2018Mysuru: Stating that any person can lodge complaint against VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail) if he/she had any doubt about it, Deputy Commissioner (DC) K.B. Sivakumar however said that immediate criminal action will be taken in case the complaint is found to be false. Briefing media persons on election-related issues at his office here…
DC warns parties on poll code violation
March 30, 2018Mysuru: 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
March 28, 2018Mysuru: 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
March 8, 2018Mysuru: 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
January 8, 2018Mysuru: 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
December 29, 2017Bengaluru: 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…
VVPAT Makes Debut At Nanjangud By-elections On April 9
April 4, 2017Mysuru 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…
VVPAT: First time in Mysuru
March 22, 2017Officials from Mysuru are seen loading Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units at Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh this morning. Over 355 VVPAT units will be brought to Mysuru.
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