EVM

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In India, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy is likely to appear in connection to the alleged doctored video of Amit Shah. In the US, Florida’s new law banning most abortion after six weeks of pregnancy will take effect today and Harvey Weinstein is set to make a public appearance in a New York court

The 2 big takeaways from the Supreme Court’s verdict on VVPAT-EVM case

The Supreme Court in its VVPAT verdict reposed faith in the process, saying ‘blindly doubting a system can breed scepticism’. However, it issued two significant directives: the Symbol Loading Unit should be sealed and stored for 45 days, and the burnt memory semi-controller in EVMs should be checked by a team of engineers

SC rejects pleas seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips, says 'no going back to paper ballot'

The Supreme Court, however, passed two directions to be followed by the ECI. They are - Sealed symbol loading units to be stored in EVM strong rooms and burnt memory in microcontroller unit to be checked by team of engineers

EVM-VVPAT case: Why were VVPATs introduced? What is the controversy?

A senior official of the Election Commission is appearing before the Supreme Court to explain certain queries posed by the top court while hearing a plea seeking 100 per cent cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) votes with voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT). Here's why the voting system is under scanner

SC poses five questions to EC on EVM-VVPAT case, calls poll panel official to give clarification

"We went through the FAQs. We just wanted three-four clarifications. We don't want to be factually wrong but doubly sure in our findings and hence we thought of seeking the clarification," the bench told Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati who was appearing for the EC

Phase 1 polling of Lok Sabha elections complete: How will EVMs be kept safe?

About 60 per cent of voter turnout was recorded until 7 pm in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday. Now that the votes are cast on the Electronic Voting Machines, they have to be stored securely until the day of the counting of the ballots. So, how is it done?

25th anniversary of EVM's reintroduction: Irreplaceable role of this technology in Indian electoral landscape

Exactly 25 years ago, the Electronic Voting Machines returned to action permanently. Now, it is difficult to think of conducting India’s gargantuan elections without them

'No material before us which casts doubt on EVMs': SC on PIL demanding audit of source code

The SC bench said no actionable material that the poll panel acted in breach of constitutional mandate in holding polls has been placed before it

One Nation, One Poll: How much will it cost India to hold simultaneous elections?

A new study has pegged the total expenditure on all elections from Lok Sabha to local bodies at Rs 10 lakh crore. This, however, does not include expenditure on new electronic voting machines

Karnataka: 23 arrested after poll official manhandled, ballot units damaged

In a statement, EC informed that the villagers stopped a section officer's vehicle which was carrying reserved EVMs for the Assembly elections and damaged two control and ballot units each and three VVPATs (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail)