Opposition fears ‘vote chori’ as PADU machines are EVM backup for civic polls

For the first time, the civic body plans to use PADU machines during the counting of votes to display vote counts in case ...

Maharashtra civic body polls: EC allows PADU as back-up for counting glitches, Thackerays raise objections

A major controversy erupted in Maharashtra after the Election Commission approved PADU machines as a backup for vote counting ...

Pune Municipal Corporation Elections: Chaos At PMC Vote Counting Centre As NCP-SP's Bala Kawade Alleges EVM Swap In Ward 40 - VIDEOS

Pune: Tension prevailed during the vote-counting process in Ward No. 40 on Friday after Bala Kawade, a leader from the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction), allegedly created chaos at the ...
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Opelika voting machines tested ahead of municipal election

OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) - Voting and voting accuracy on the minds of many across the country. East Alabama cities are gearing up for municipal elections happening one week from today. Opelika is just one ...
Deccan Herald

Explained | BMC polls 2026: What is Printing Auxiliary Display Unit and how it will be used in vote counting?

What is PADU, when it will be used in vote counting, and why the Maharashtra State Election Commission allows it as a backup.
The Daily Star

JnUcsu polls: OMR machine malfunction delays vote counting

Vote counting in the Jagannath University Central Students' Union (JnUcsu) election has been delayed due to technical glitches in the OMR (optical mark recognition) machines.
Times Argus

A vote in the hand is worth

How could any community argue with the offer of a free vote-counting machine? At Vermont town meetings, very easily. Almost 40 localities, including Williamstown, with at least 750 people but no ...