Ballot System

Under the US system, citizens do not vote directly for their leader. Instead, their ballots elect the 538 members of a group called the Electoral College, which then elects the president and vice president.

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of its April 26 judgement by which it had rejected the demand for reverting to the old paper ballot system and the complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with a VVPAT.

In a sharp response to petitioners citing examples of foreign countries to argue in favour of the ballot voting system, a Supreme Court judge said the population of his home state is more than that of Germany

Hearing petitions seeking cross-verification of votes cast on Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) with papers slips generated through the VVPAT system, the Supreme Court today pointed to problems with the secret ballot voting method.

The United Kingdom has opened its doorway to Indian citizens wanting to settle, work, or study in the country for two years.

There is no proposal to go back to the ballot system of casting votes in elections, the government told the Lok Sabha on Friday.

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro pleaded on Thursday for the adoption of printed ballots that can be counted, alleging that it is necessary to avoid fraud in the country's electronic voting system in next year's election.

Pitching for ballot paper system, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday claimed hackers had "proved" that electronic voting machines (EVMs) could be tampered.

Switzerland was voting Sunday on an eclectic range of measures including a proposed constitutional amendment to preserve cow horns spearheaded by a livestock farmer who was inspired by talking to his herd. Also on the ballot, which is part of Switzerland's direct democracy system, are controversial legal revisions that define the ways insurance com...

The Election Commission said today that it would provide "satisfactory solution" to the concerns raised by political parties on the infallibility of electronic voting machines (EVMs), after some of them pitched for returning to the ballot paper system at an all-party meeting.

Rewind to the system that prevailed in 1951: that's what a delegation of opposition parties told the Election Commission when they met on Monday evening.

Accepting a long-pending demand, government has amended electoral rules to allow service voters, including Armed Forces personnel, to get their postal ballot through electronic means to save valuable time.

The Centre is considering to bring in amendments for an "open ballot system" to elect members to the state Legislative Councils on the lines of a similar system for Rajya Sabha elections, Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda said today.

The system is proposed deliver ballots electronically to remote voters, who will then download and print the ballots.

Growing concern that problems with the new electronic Oscar voting system could lead to record-low turnout has prompted the motion picture academy to extend the deadline for members to vote for Oscar nominations.

Under the US system, citizens do not vote directly for their leader. Instead, their ballots elect the 538 members of a group called the Electoral College, which then elects the president and vice president.

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of its April 26 judgement by which it had rejected the demand for reverting to the old paper ballot system and the complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with a VVPAT.

In a sharp response to petitioners citing examples of foreign countries to argue in favour of the ballot voting system, a Supreme Court judge said the population of his home state is more than that of Germany

Hearing petitions seeking cross-verification of votes cast on Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) with papers slips generated through the VVPAT system, the Supreme Court today pointed to problems with the secret ballot voting method.

The United Kingdom has opened its doorway to Indian citizens wanting to settle, work, or study in the country for two years.

There is no proposal to go back to the ballot system of casting votes in elections, the government told the Lok Sabha on Friday.

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro pleaded on Thursday for the adoption of printed ballots that can be counted, alleging that it is necessary to avoid fraud in the country's electronic voting system in next year's election.

Pitching for ballot paper system, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday claimed hackers had "proved" that electronic voting machines (EVMs) could be tampered.

Switzerland was voting Sunday on an eclectic range of measures including a proposed constitutional amendment to preserve cow horns spearheaded by a livestock farmer who was inspired by talking to his herd. Also on the ballot, which is part of Switzerland's direct democracy system, are controversial legal revisions that define the ways insurance com...

The Election Commission said today that it would provide "satisfactory solution" to the concerns raised by political parties on the infallibility of electronic voting machines (EVMs), after some of them pitched for returning to the ballot paper system at an all-party meeting.

Rewind to the system that prevailed in 1951: that's what a delegation of opposition parties told the Election Commission when they met on Monday evening.

Accepting a long-pending demand, government has amended electoral rules to allow service voters, including Armed Forces personnel, to get their postal ballot through electronic means to save valuable time.

The Centre is considering to bring in amendments for an "open ballot system" to elect members to the state Legislative Councils on the lines of a similar system for Rajya Sabha elections, Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda said today.

The system is proposed deliver ballots electronically to remote voters, who will then download and print the ballots.

Growing concern that problems with the new electronic Oscar voting system could lead to record-low turnout has prompted the motion picture academy to extend the deadline for members to vote for Oscar nominations.