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Sunday, August 10, 2025
TopicEVM-VVPAT

Topic: EVM-VVPAT

The opposition’s ‘plan E’ & ‘too much performance pressure’ on EVMs

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Election Commission to count VVPAT slips at the end of counts

Opposition parties had requested the Election Commission to count the paper trail machine slips in the beginning and not at the end.

Lok Sabha election results likely to be delayed Thursday due to matching of VVPAT slips

This election will the be the first time results of EVMs will be matched with slips generated by VVPATs.

Supreme Court dismisses petition seeking 100% match of EVMs & voter audit slips

A Chennai based organisation had filed a public interest litigation seeking the audit which the Supreme Court said was nonsense.

Oppn leaders including CPM, AAP, Congress, TDP, DMK discuss formation of non-NDA govt

Opposition leaders met Tuesday to discuss the possibility of a non-NDA govt as well as moving the Election Commission to tally the VVPAT paper trail with EVMs.

All this Rajiv Gandhi talk shows Modi squandering historic 2014 mandate

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Akhilesh Yadav wants Election Commission to rectify EVM malfunctions immediately

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said that it is EC's responsibility to rectify the problem within 15 minutes, so that polling is held undisturbed.

Tallying votes with VVPAT at one booth in every seat is more than needed, experts tell EC

Experts from the Indian Statistical Institute have opined that the EC must consider the sample size, not the sample proportion, to verify votes.

Supreme Court wants more random physical verification of VVPAT slips in elections

The top court also told the Election Commission that no institution should insulate itself from improvement, including the judiciary.

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