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Opinion | How EVMs Have Evolved Despite Controversies
The Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) has always been mired in controversies-with debates heating up around the time of elections. Unfortunately, S. Rangarajan, the man who designed the EVM, is no longer here to defend the device.
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Supreme Court's "No Fresh Poll" Proposal Amid Chandigarh Vote-Count Row
The eight "defaced" ballot papers - from last month's controversial Chandigarh mayoral election - which are at the heart of a bitter fight between the AAP and the BJP must be shown to the Supreme Court Tuesday, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said.
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In Madhya Pradesh, An Eleventh-Hour Controversy Over Postal Ballot
The Madhya Pradesh Congress has accused the administration officials in Balaghat of opening postal ballots ahead of counting, due on December 3.
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Kanpur Mayor In Trouble Over Pic, Case Filed For Violating Secret Ballot
Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey today created a controversy when she clicked pictures and videos inside the polling booth. Ms Pandey shared the photo of her voting for Bharatiya Janata Party during the third-phase of UP assembly polls.
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Nine Arrested In Thailand For Posting Election "Fake News" On Facebook
Nine people have been arrested in Thailand for spreading "fake news" on Facebook with posts about sacked election officials and bogus ballots in the wake of controversial polls in the kingdom.
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Asked Poll Body To Conduct Election Through Ballot Papers: Akhilesh Yadav
Citing "doubts and controversy" surrounding Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) machines, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav has requested Election Commission to conduct next polls through ballot papers.
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Election Commission Rubbishes London Hacker's Claims On EVMs
The Election Commission on Monday dismissed the claims made by a London-based hacker, who said he can hack the electronic voting machines used in India. The controversial, unsubstantiated claims of the hacker - made during a so-called hackathon this evening - comes amid a renewed focus on EVMs by the united opposition, which has formed a committee ...
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Switzerland Votes On Bid To Preserve Cow Horns
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...
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Chaotic Catalonia Vote Shows Landslide Support For Leaving Spain
The results of a controversial and chaotic referendum in the Catalonia region of northeast Spain on Sunday showed landslide support for independence for the restive but affluent area, a lopsided vote sure to be vigorously challenged by the constitutional court and central government in Madrid as illegitimate and illegal.
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Controversial Australia Vote On Same-Sex Marriage Begins
A contentious postal survey on same-sex marriage began in Australia Tuesday, with ballots delivered across the vast continent ahead of an expected fractious campaign between the "yes" and "no" sides.
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MCD Elections 2017: Need VVPAT To Keep Tab On Civic Poll Results, AAP Tells Court
The use of VVPAT or Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail machines should be allowed along with the Electronic Voting Machines during the upcoming civic polls in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party requested the Delhi High Court today. The appeal comes amid the huge controversy over the use of EVMs. Opposition parties, including AAP, contend that EVMS were tampe...
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Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav Says EVMs Can't Be Relied Upon, Wants Ballot Paper
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today said electronic voting machines, or EVMs, cannot be relied upon and demanded that all future elections are conducted through ballot papers.
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In Campaign Against EVMs, UP Election Commission Backs Paper Ballots (With A Caveat)
Amid a huge push by opposition to allege Electronic Voting Machines are not safe, the Uttar Pradesh poll body that conducts civic body polls has told the Election Commission that the state preferred to use paper ballots if the central poll panel couldn't supply voting machines in "good working condition". SK Agarwal, State Election Commissioner, to...
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Give Us EVM, Will Prove Tampering, Says Arvind Kejriwal: 10 Points
Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, today alleged "dangerous" tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) to rig polls and demanded that the April 23 Delhi municipal elections be deferred so that paper ballots can be usd. "We urge the Election Commission to reveal the EVM software to the country," the Aam Aadmi Party chief said, accusin...
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Scrap EVMs, Return To Ballot Papers: Congress tells Election Commission
Crying foul over efficacy of EVMs in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress today knocked at the doors of the Election Commission and demanded scrapping its use in upcoming elections while reverting to old ballot paper system.
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Opinion | How EVMs Have Evolved Despite Controversies
The Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) has always been mired in controversies-with debates heating up around the time of elections. Unfortunately, S. Rangarajan, the man who designed the EVM, is no longer here to defend the device.
-
Supreme Court's "No Fresh Poll" Proposal Amid Chandigarh Vote-Count Row
The eight "defaced" ballot papers - from last month's controversial Chandigarh mayoral election - which are at the heart of a bitter fight between the AAP and the BJP must be shown to the Supreme Court Tuesday, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said.
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In Madhya Pradesh, An Eleventh-Hour Controversy Over Postal Ballot
The Madhya Pradesh Congress has accused the administration officials in Balaghat of opening postal ballots ahead of counting, due on December 3.
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Kanpur Mayor In Trouble Over Pic, Case Filed For Violating Secret Ballot
Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey today created a controversy when she clicked pictures and videos inside the polling booth. Ms Pandey shared the photo of her voting for Bharatiya Janata Party during the third-phase of UP assembly polls.
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Nine Arrested In Thailand For Posting Election "Fake News" On Facebook
Nine people have been arrested in Thailand for spreading "fake news" on Facebook with posts about sacked election officials and bogus ballots in the wake of controversial polls in the kingdom.
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Asked Poll Body To Conduct Election Through Ballot Papers: Akhilesh Yadav
Citing "doubts and controversy" surrounding Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) machines, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav has requested Election Commission to conduct next polls through ballot papers.
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Election Commission Rubbishes London Hacker's Claims On EVMs
The Election Commission on Monday dismissed the claims made by a London-based hacker, who said he can hack the electronic voting machines used in India. The controversial, unsubstantiated claims of the hacker - made during a so-called hackathon this evening - comes amid a renewed focus on EVMs by the united opposition, which has formed a committee ...
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Switzerland Votes On Bid To Preserve Cow Horns
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...
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Chaotic Catalonia Vote Shows Landslide Support For Leaving Spain
The results of a controversial and chaotic referendum in the Catalonia region of northeast Spain on Sunday showed landslide support for independence for the restive but affluent area, a lopsided vote sure to be vigorously challenged by the constitutional court and central government in Madrid as illegitimate and illegal.
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Controversial Australia Vote On Same-Sex Marriage Begins
A contentious postal survey on same-sex marriage began in Australia Tuesday, with ballots delivered across the vast continent ahead of an expected fractious campaign between the "yes" and "no" sides.
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MCD Elections 2017: Need VVPAT To Keep Tab On Civic Poll Results, AAP Tells Court
The use of VVPAT or Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail machines should be allowed along with the Electronic Voting Machines during the upcoming civic polls in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party requested the Delhi High Court today. The appeal comes amid the huge controversy over the use of EVMs. Opposition parties, including AAP, contend that EVMS were tampe...
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Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav Says EVMs Can't Be Relied Upon, Wants Ballot Paper
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today said electronic voting machines, or EVMs, cannot be relied upon and demanded that all future elections are conducted through ballot papers.
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In Campaign Against EVMs, UP Election Commission Backs Paper Ballots (With A Caveat)
Amid a huge push by opposition to allege Electronic Voting Machines are not safe, the Uttar Pradesh poll body that conducts civic body polls has told the Election Commission that the state preferred to use paper ballots if the central poll panel couldn't supply voting machines in "good working condition". SK Agarwal, State Election Commissioner, to...
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Give Us EVM, Will Prove Tampering, Says Arvind Kejriwal: 10 Points
Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, today alleged "dangerous" tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) to rig polls and demanded that the April 23 Delhi municipal elections be deferred so that paper ballots can be usd. "We urge the Election Commission to reveal the EVM software to the country," the Aam Aadmi Party chief said, accusin...
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Scrap EVMs, Return To Ballot Papers: Congress tells Election Commission
Crying foul over efficacy of EVMs in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress today knocked at the doors of the Election Commission and demanded scrapping its use in upcoming elections while reverting to old ballot paper system.
