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He also emphasized that such a referendum should be conducted on ballot papers and not on EVMs over which he claimed there was a trust deficit Moily alleged that the EC’s behaviour itself has become suspicious as it “did not do anything” to clear the doubts raised over the electoral process

An expert committee report on EVMs and VVPAT verification conclude that tampering of EVMs is highly unlikely, according to the report’s authors

Poor feel that if Modi continues with schemes then their lives would change for the better

For the sake of a healthy democracy, both the Opposition and the Election Commission should adopt a conciliatory approach on the matter of EVMs

Provisional estimates put the voter turnout in Kerala around 77% The high turnout was despite allegations of faulty voting machines in several places, and a generally hot weather

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu says 21 political parties have demanded matching of the VVPAT slips with at least 50% of the votes cast through the EVMs Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi says the opposition parties will launch a nationwide campaign on the issue of ‘discrepancies’ in EVMs

Supreme Court agrees to hear a plea by opposition parties for random checks on at least half the EVMs using VVPAT in every assembly segment and constituency in Elections 2019 Supreme Court seeks response of the Election Commission within two weeks, posts matter for further hearing on 25 March

Oppn has been demanding a relook into use of EVMs after a ‘cyber expert’ alleged EVMs can be hacked CEC Sunil Arora says EVMs should not be used as a ‘football’ to further a motivated slugfest

Opposition panel to look into EVM manipulation even as EC says machines are foolproof EVMs will be a key issue for the opposition parties during campaigning for the general election

Highest turnout of 81% was reported at Serchhip seat, where Mizoram CM Lal Thanhawla is one of the contestants