VVPAT in Upcoming elections

New Delhi April 08: The Election Committee has been seeking to interduce the VVPAT (voter verifiable paper audit trail) in the coming elections.

While coming to matter. Dismissing speculation over the reliability of electronic voting machines (EVMs), the Election Commission (EC) has asserted that the technology is fail-safe and that it is gearing to make the voting system watertight by introducing voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) by the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.



"The ECI unequivocally reiterates that given effective technical and administrative safeguards, EVMs are not temperable and the integrity of the electoral process is preserved," the poll panel has been said in a statement that issued on Thursday.

The commission, which has been reiterating the efficacy of the machines, has also drawn attention to the use of VVPAT in some of the polling areas in the recently-concluded five-state assembly polls, which allows voters to see who they have voted for.