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The Supreme Court on April 26 rejected pleas seeking cross-verification of the votes cast in electronic voting machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)

The plea also sought to frame rules stating that the candidates who garner fewer votes than NOTA shall stand debarred from contesting all elections for a period of five years

With the Supreme Court rejecting a plea for 100% verification of VVPAT slips with EVM count, voting for the Lok Sabha elections will continue to take place using EVMs, with 100% of the machines attached to a VVPAT unit.

In 2019, the Shiv Sena had won four — Buldhana, Yavatmal-Washim, Hingoli and Parbhani, the BJP three, Akola, Wardha and Nanded, while Amravati was won by a NCP-backed Independent.

The voter had alleged in the audio that he pressed the button on the EVM, neither did the slip appear in the VVPAT machine, nor did it make a beep sound.

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.

Justice Datta was responding to skepticism surrounding the reliability of EVMs and a suggestion that India should revert to a paper ballot system of voting.

Voting started on time with some minor hiccups of EVM malfunctions at a few places. The machines were soon replaced and the poll process continued smoothly.

Delivering verdict on the pleas for 100% cross-verification of EVM data with VVPAT records, the Supreme Court has declined to increase the number of VVPAT slips undergoing count per assembly segment...

A ticketless passenger was held after he allegedly assaulted a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus conductor in Nagpur on Friday