Page 13 - Latest Updates on Election Commission of India
ECI releases schedule for bye-polls in Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, West Bengal
ECI announces bypoll schedule in Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, and West Bengal; mobile deposit rules and 100-meter canvassing restrictions to ensure smooth polling
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EC investigates Bengal BJP chief's wife for holding two voter IDs
Initial probe found that the minister's wife, Koel Majumdar, holds two voter ID cards with different EPIC numbers, one registered in Balurghat and another in Jalpaiguri.
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Court grants bail to Derek O'Brien, TMC leaders in 2024 ECI protest case
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Neha Mittal also granted relief to TMC leaders Santanu Sen, Dola Sen, Nadimul Haque, Vivek Gupta, Arpita Ghosh, Abir Ranjan Biswas and Sudip Raha
 "Court grants bail to Derek O'Brien, TMC leaders in 2024 ECI protest case")
EC interacts with BSP chief Mayawati for better understanding of issues
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi spoke with the BSP leadership at the Nirvachan Sadan
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EC building unified digital platform to integrate 40 mobile, web apps
The new platform will reduce the burden of users from downloading and navigating multiple Apps and remembering different logins
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Aadhaar sharing for voters to remain voluntary; no legal changes planned
Amid a debate on the purity of electoral rolls, the Election Commission had said last month that the regular updating process of the voter list will be
Mehbooba backs Rahul Gandhi on EC, flags attack on democratic institutions
Mufti also welcomed the registration of an FIR against Army personnel accused of assaulting a professor in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir
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Some use religion to 'push hateful politics': SY Quraishi slams BJP's Dubey
Former CEC SY Quraishi's comments came in response to BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's remarks, in which he called Quraishi a 'Muslim commissioner' for criticising the controversial Waqf Act
 "Some use religion to 'push hateful politics': SY Quraishi slams BJP's Dubey")
'Election Commission in India compromised': LoP Rahul Gandhi in Boston
Rahul Gandhi is currently on a US tour where he addressed the Indian diaspora in Boston. He will also address a gathering at Brown University on Monday
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SC to hear pleas on CEC, ECs' appointment under 2023 law on May 14
A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyan fixed the date after advocate Prashant Bhushan urged the bench to accord urgent hearing in the matter
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How EC was formed after Ambedkar's amendment in Constituent Assembly
Before Ambedkar brought the amendment, draft Article 289 proposed separate election commissions for the Centre and the states, scholarly articles and Constituent Assembly debates suggest
EVMs in country absolutely safe, not being tampered with: CEC Gyanesh Kumar
CEC stated that wherever democracy was present, electoral rolls and election processes were different, and in some countries, electronic voting systems were used
 "EVMs in country absolutely safe, not being tampered with: CEC Gyanesh Kumar")
EC holds nearly 5K meets with political representatives at various levels
The process involved engagements with over 28,000 representatives of political parties nationwide, the Election Commission (EC) said on Tuesday
Election Commission 'dysfunctional', 'failed institution', says Kapil Sibal
Sibal said the quicker the issue of lack of faith in the Election Commission is dealt with, the greater is the chance of saving democracy
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ECI holds all-party meetings to resolve booth-level polling issues
ECI said that this grassroots-level engagement has been welcomed by political parties, with their active and enthusiastic participation in meetings
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Voter list updates to be strengthened with birth, death records: EC
The EC recalled that merely 89 first appeals and just a single second appeal were filed after the completion of the Special Summary Revision exercise in January
 "Voter list updates to be strengthened with birth, death records: EC")
SC fixes April 16 for hearing pleas against appointment of CEC, ECs
Bhushan requested an urgent hearing of the matter, saying it goes to the root of democracy and the issue is covered by the 2023 Constitution bench verdict
Willing to talk about putting online booth-wise voter data: EC tells SC
The PILs sought a direction to the poll panel to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data on its website within 48 hours of conclusion of polling in the Lok Sabha and assembly elections
Open to talk about putting online polling booth-wise voter data: EC to SC
A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan was hearing two PILs filed by TMC MP Mahua Moitra
EC to introduce new option in its software to detect 'ghost' voters
The new option would help the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) find out if multiple names are attached to a particular EPIC number
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