booths in this Constituency. The instructions on how to vote on the electronic voting machine are given (in both languages, English and Malayalam ... might have proceeded to educate their supporters to vote with the electronic voting machines to be confronted with a disconcerting situation where they have
Court as and when necessary. In paragraph 14
petitioner averred that Electronic Voting Machine (E.V.M.) provides
for only 16 names, whereas there were ... staff working to conduct the impugned election to do with
one Electronic Voting Machine which contains the name of not more
than 16 candidates
ensuring the victory of the First Respondent by manipulating the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
2.3. It is the case of the Petitioner that there were ... votes registered. For every ballot unit there was a corresponding control unit. The Control Unit which was also called the Electronic Voting Machine
candidates who desired to contest the impugned election but as
the Electronic Voting Machine(E.V.M.) could provide for only 16
candidates Returning Officer ... India without there being any
provision for casting of vote through electronic voting machine as user
of electronic voting machine on the several polling booths
Unlike previous polling, elections were held by exercising franchise through Electronic Voting Machines (for short EVM). In the election held to the Ramanathapuram constituency ... nomination.
13.Thereafter, it was further submitted that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) were unreliable and there was no possibility of finding out the actual
votes more
than the votes polled. The difference between the polled votes and the votes
counted was unexplained. The electronic voting machines could ... that electronic voting machines were tampered as a result of
which she received less votes and the returned candidate received higher votes.
Some
were used in the polling stations and both the votes cast through electronic voting machines and postal ballot papers were counted on 11.5.2006 at Arignar ... petitioner has polled 43,003 votes, while the first respondent has polled 42,784 votes through electronic voting machines. It is stated that 296 postal
petitioner at the time of counting the minimum number of
the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable
Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips?
iii) Does ... result was
materially affected for not having checked at least five
Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable
Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips of each
witness CW. 1, the
scientists of Bharath Electronics Limited developed
electronic voting machine to handle the trade union
elections. The election commission grasping the utility ... provided, be construed as
including a reference to such voting machine wherever
such voting machine is used at any election."
WP(C) No.11879
have voted
twice had exercised their franchise.
5. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents submitted
that if the electronic voting machine is brought, privacy ... whose favour they have exercised their votes can be seen only
by verification of the electronic voting machines. Earlier these
things were examined by examination
