Social crusader Anna Hazare has demanded the use of ‘totaliser’ machines to maintain secrecy in the voting process ahead of the forthcoming civic elections in Maharashtra and assembly polls in other ...

Congress, NCP and BSP supported the use of ‘totaliser’ machines, while the BJP considered booth-wise performance important for parties. New Delhi: Political parties are split on the introduction of a ...

New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) The Centre has opposed in the Supreme Court the use of totaliser machines for counting of votes of several polling booths together, saying that it does not serve any larger ...

Electronic voting machines have a life span of 15 years and the ageing machines are replaced following due procedure. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) wants to use a ...

Times of India’s Edit Page team comprises senior journalists with wide-ranging interests who debate and opine on the news and issues of the day. In a big electoral reform move, government has decided ...

The Election Commission wants to use a new machine which prevents disclosure of voting pattern during counting to enhance voter secrecy and has received the backing of the Law Commission, but the ...

Totaliser voting machines make it difficult to learn how an area voted by scrambling data from polling booths. New Delhi: The Modi government has rejected the Election Commission’s request for ...

Political parties are split on the introduction of a new machine that prevents disclosure of voting pattern during counting to enhance secrecy, the Election Commission has informed the law ministry.