Agra: To install the key to any controversy on the results of the poll regarding the role of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVMS), the General Election Commission (EC) has planned for a trail paper (VVPAT) inspection of voter-voter machines used in the upcoming state elections.
It will be the first time in Uttar Pradesh that all stands will have VVPat connected with EVMS, officials say, adding that through this step, voters will be able to ensure that their voice has been recorded according to the choice made.
In accordance with the EC direction, VVPat will be deployed along with EVMs in each polling station in other countries the polls will also – Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand.
District Judge (DM) from Agraprabhu N Singh, said, “These poll exercises will guarantee transparency and provide greater convictions of voters at EVMS.” Explain how it works, DM says, “A VVPat produces printout from cast sound using EVM, which can be checked with voters for dispelling doubts.
This printout is then saved into the box and can be used to complete any dispute during the results.” According to officials, the third generation ‘M-3’ (Modern EVMS) will be used today in the Polls up that will “automatically stop working if someone tries to tamper it.” On Sunday, working for the Insert ballots at EVMS was completed for the first stage of voting on 58 constituents from 11 districts in the West.
Voting here will take place on February 10, the results of seven gradual polls will be out on March 10, the Supreme Court has been on October 8, 2013, when he heard a request, it was directed by the European Commission to introduce VVPat procedures in the state -bound polls to “guarantee complete transparency “.
In the last set of assembly polls in 2021, there were 1,492 VVPats in West Bengal, 1,183 in Tamil Nadu, 728 in Kerala, 647 in Assam and 156 in Puducherry, as data per EC.