list of contesting candidates and was
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included in Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). The polling was held on
April 23, 2009 in all 218 booths ... Champua Assembly
Constituency through EVM. The total votes recorded in the EVMs of
218 booths were 1,25,342 and postal ballots were
button viz., “None
of the Above” (NOTA) in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) so that the
voters who come to the polling booth and decide ... made effectual
is by providing a button in the EVMs to express that right. This is the
basic requirement if the lasting values
booths referred to in paragraph No.19 of Election
Petitions, the EVMs were actually ridged/tampered.
3. Considering the rival contentions, issues were
framed ... prayed for dismissal of election petition on
the ground that the EVMS do not disclose the cause of
action.
5. Heard parties to the petition
system of “paper trail/paper
receipt” in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) as a convincing proof
that the EVM has rightly registered the vote cast ... herein
respectively to effect the necessary modifications in the EVMs so as to
allow the voters to verify their respective votes and to attach
elections at all the polling stations were through Electronic
Voting Machines (EVMs).
5. This Court vide ex parte order dated 4th February, 2009 while issuing ... Election Commission of India, in view of the requirement of the
EVMs for the then ensuing parliamentary elections, it was directed that
only the control
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4. Confirmation of information on the
EVM (date and time, votes polled, vote tally and
any other information which were ... noted down
from the EVM machines, including any spare
machines that were used, to from 17 C math (sic)
the information presently available
handling the ballot sheet containing 16 contestants and on the whole EVM is designed to handle a maximum of 64 contestants at an election ... time programmable micro controller are the pivotal devices of the EVM and they act as tamper proof device for the programme code and poll data
counsel for the Election Commission submits that as a
standard procedure, the EVMs and VVPATs are kept untouched till next
election, however, since Assembly election ... said
machines would be required for the same. So, the EVMs and VVPATs be
released to the authority for the use in the forthcoming Assembly
victory of the First Respondent by manipulating the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
2.3. It is the case of the Petitioner that there were totally ... Counting Supervisors about the discrepancies in the identification of the EVMs which complaints were all brushed aside by the said officers was denied. Indeed
ruling
party in the Center. It is contended that Electronic
Voting Machine (EVM) with Voter Verified Paper
Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines were not installed ... election, several reports were published in regard to
the malfunctioning of the EVMs throughout the
country. Taking advantage of the situation to
introduce the EVM
