Ballot Papers

Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking use of ballot paper instead of EVMs for Lok Sabha and state Assembly polls

A three-judge Supreme Court bench rejected the PIL, which highlighted the vulnerability of EVMs over ballot paper, saying that every system and machine is capable to be used and misused.

Palaniswami hits out at Opposition for targeting AIADMK govt due to 'vendetta', says it is functioning 'efficiently'

K Palaniswami on Friday hit out at Opposition parties for levelling corruption and other charges against the AIADMK government

Seventeen Opposition parties to approach EC seeking use of ballot papers for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Seventeen Opposition parties, including the TMC, are planning to approach the EC, demanding that ballot papers be used to conduct the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Samajwadi Party calls meeting to generate Opposition unity on EVM issue; Congress, BSP stay away

A meeting called by Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav to bring together Opposition parties on the issue of using ballot papers instead of EVMs in elections saw ally Congress and Mayawati's BSP staying away

Siddaramaiah raises apprehensions on EVMs, demands use of ballot papers for Karnataka Assembly polls

Raising apprehensions that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) could be tampered with, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday

Uttar Pradesh civic polls: Samajwadi Party says BJP won from places where EVMs were used

Alleging that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in the just-concluded Uttar Pradesh civic elections were rigged, the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday claimed that the BJP won from only those places where the EVMs were used and performed poorly when it came to ballot papers.

Sharad Yadav says Opposition leaders to discuss strategies to prevent EVM tampering in Gujarat polls

Sharad Yadav said that leaders of the opposition parties would be meeting in the next two days to discuss a strategy to prevent the tampering of EVMs in the Gujarat polls

UP civic polls result: AAP alleges BJP's victory due to 'EVM tampering', says democracy is in danger

Blaming EVM "tampering" for BJP's victory in UP civic polls, AAP said there was no wave of Narendra Modi or Yogi Aditynath that resulted in party's big win

Uttar Pradesh civic poll results 2017: Future elections should be held with ballot papers, demand Opposition parties

A day after the BJP swept the Uttar Pradesh civic polls, opposition parties demanded that all elections in the future be held through ballot papers instead of EVMs

Supreme Court judge should oversee functioning of EVMs in poll-bound Gujarat, says Congress

Congress demanded that a sitting or retired Supreme Court judge of "very high integrity" supervise the functioning of all EVMs to ensure fair elections in Gujarat