‘Generic bullet points … condescending’: Congress hits back at Election Commission over rebuttal on party’s Haryana poll claims | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday slammed the Election Commission for its “generic” response to the party’s complaint over alleged irregularities in the recently concluded Haryana assembly elections, particularly criticising the poll panel’s “tone and tenor, and the language used”. “The Election Commission’s reply is nothing more than generic set of bullet points on how…

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On SC nudge, EC revises norms to store ‘symbol loading units’ | India News – Times of India

Complying with a Supreme Court order, Election Commission has directed all state chief electoral officers (CEOs) to follow the new protocols on handling and storing ‘symbol loading units’ (SLUs). The Supreme Court had mandated the sealing of the machines, securing them in containers, and storing them in strongrooms alongside electronic voting machines (EVMs) for a…

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VVPAT plea in SC: Election Commission says people with vested interest discrediting existing system; top court reserves verdict | India News – Times of India

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SC examining plea for counting of 100% VVPAT slips | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court was instrumental in reversing Election Commission’s 2012 reluctance into acceptance of the importance of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail in electronic voting machines (EVMs), first deployed in Nagaland’s Noksen Assembly bye-elections on Sep 4, 2013 without detecting any discrepancy between votes cast and VVPAT slips.In its October 2013 judgment, a…

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