PANAJI: The first pre-level inspection unit (P-FLCU) will be used for the first time in Goa and Manipur during the upcoming general election, the Head of the Election of Kunal Kunal stated.
This unit is an accessory designed to test EVM units such as the control unit (CU) and sound unit (BU) and Trail Audit Paper Verification Verification (VVPat) before conducting a first level check.
The accessory unit is used to capture diagnostic data from the EVM / VVPat unit and to set up real-time clock data from the control unit, the head of the main election states.
After the first pre-level examination (P-FLC), the entire first-level inspection process of EVMS and VVPat will take place.
The general election to the Goa legislature will be carried out on the M3 EVM / VVPATs.
EVMS M3 has all the technical security features of the previous model with additional advanced technical features such as UADM (invalid access detection module), self diagnostic for EVMS health, strong reciprocal authentication of CU, BU and VVPat, battery life predictions, and one Cu was able to serve 24 buses to accommodate 384 candidates.
The machines are slimmer and lighter in reducing the ease of handling by selection personnel.
In the election of assembly in 2017 and Lok Sabha polls in 2019, some cases of EVM-VVPat theft were reported cross-country.
The electoral commission must replace cus, bus and vvpats at the booth where this is found not functioning.
VVPat was used for the first time in the 2017 assembly selection.
Bharat Electronics Ltd engineers, Arshiya Khatoon and Vamsi Krish, highlighted various features of the M3 EVM / VVPat Machines.
The Chief Electoral Officer office, Goa, conducted consciousness of the demo program for political parties, district election officers, returning officers (RO) / asst returned from P-FLC M3 EVM and VVPat using P-FLCU, in Panaji.