{"id":7939,"date":"2010-07-12T14:35:04","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T21:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7939"},"modified":"2010-07-12T16:35:30","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T23:35:30","slug":"brilliant-trick-by-political-party-in-india-forces-election-commission-to-use-paper-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7939","title":{"rendered":"Brilliant Trick by Political Party in India Forces Election Commission to Use Paper Ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now we’re talking!…<\/p>\n

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TRS trick forces EC to use ballot papers in Andhra Pradesh by-polls<\/b><\/p>\n

The Election Commission (EC) is being forced to use ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in upcoming Andhra Pradesh bypolls, thanks to a clever strategy adopted by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).<\/p>\n

Ballot boxes will be pressed into use during the July 27 by-elections in at least 10 out of 12 assembly constituencies in Telangana region, 11 years after the nation switched to EVMs.<\/p>\n

The EC has no other option but to set aside the EVMs and switch over to the ballot papers because the TRS fielded more than 64 dummy candidates-more than an EVM can support-in each of the 11 constituencies it is contesting.<\/p>\n

The party is opposing the usage of EVMs because it has reliable information that the Congress will try to manipulate the machines to win the polls. Two other Opposition parties-the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the BJP, too, opposed the EVMs stating they were not foolproof and reliable.<\/p>\n

According to EC guidelines, the EVMs can be used only for a maximum number of 64 contestants in each constituency.<\/p><\/div>\n

More at India Today<\/i>…<\/a><\/p>\n[Hat-tip Joyce McCloy of Voting News<\/a><\/i>]\n

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