Before the EVMs were introduced in the 1980s, ballot papers were jumbled up to ensure secrecy. New Delhi: Amid uproar over tampering of electronic voting machines (EVM) in the country, the "totaliser" ...

The machine called the 'totaliser' would show the collective results instead of revealing booth by booth results, as practiced currently ...

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 ...

A technology to link a number of EVMs and hide booth-wise voting patterns is ready with the Election Commission of India but the time to implement the idea has not come yet, Chief Election ...

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 public interest. The ...

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 ...