-The Times of India BHOPAL: Challenging the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines, which are used during polling to verify that the vote cast by a person goes to the correct candidate, would land a person in jail, if it is found that the machine is working fine. The issue has come to light as the election commission is planning to make the people in MP aware of the machine...
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Maharashtra Collector Confirms EVM Malfunctioning In RTI Reply, Votes Went To Lotus Symbol
-Outlook Contrary to the claim by the Election Commission of India (ECI), an RTI response from Maharashtra’s Buldhana district collectorate has confirmed malfunctioning of electronic Voting machine (EVM), reported IANS. According to the report, Buldhana collectorate's election department has replied to an RTI query confirming that votes of an independent candidate had gone to BJP’s lotus symbol. The “EVM fraud” happened during February 16 elections to Buldhana Zilla Parishad from Lonar, at a...
More »EC to tally paper trail slips with EVMs in 5% booths in each assembly seat -Ritika Chopra
-The Indian Express The decision on compulsory counting of paper trail slips, which was approved by the full Commission before Nasim Zaidi retired as the Chief Election Commissioner on Wednesday, is a response to the demand made by political parties at a meeting held by the EC on May 12. In a bid to further reinforce the credibility of electronic Voting machines, the Election Commission (EC) has decided to mandatorily tally...
More »Paper trail Voting will cause 3-hour delay in results: EC -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: As the Election Commission prepares for a 100% rollout of VVPATs and mandatory counting of paper trail slips in a fixed percentage of polling stations across all constituencies, a preliminary estimation by the watchdog indicates the move will lead to a three-hour delay in declaration of poll result. According to sources in the commission, an internal committee set up by EC to discuss the modalities of...
More »India fails to protect property rights of indigenous and rural women, says report
-Down to Earth None of the 30 low and middle-income countries analysed met the standards of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women In what could be a wake-up call to global conservation efforts, a new report by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) says that legal protections for indigenous and rural women to own and manage property are missing in India and 29 other...
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