VVPAT

Electronic voting machines (EVMs) and paper trail machines are designed and manufactured indigenously by two public sector undertakings (PSUs), the government said in Lok Sabha on Friday. Responding to a question on whether the government has purchased EVMs and EVM technology from foreign countries, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said according to the Election Commission, EVMs and voter verifiable paper audit trail machines (VVPATs) are designed and manufactured indigenously by Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL), a PSU under the Defence Ministry, and the Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), another PSU under the Department of Atomic Energy. Paper roll of VVPATs is procured by states and Union Territories from BEL and ECIL, he said in his written reply.

VVPAT system keeps a physical trail of all votes cast. It allows voters to verify their votes are cast as intended

The Delhi High Court Thursday asked Delhi State Election Commission to inform which of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) units procured by it for the upcoming MCD polls are compatible with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). Justice Rekha Palli granted 10 days to the State Election Commission to file its response on this aspect and listed for further hearing on April 29 the plea by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seeking to conduct the upcoming MCD polls with EVMs which are compatible with VVPAT. Advocate Sumeet Pushkarna, appearing for the State Election Commission (SEC), said that the state authority is dependent on the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the supply of EVMs and it has procured on loan over 29 thousand control units and over 32 thousand ballot units. The control unit and ballot unit are the two components of an EVM. The answering respondent (SEC) has procured 29,532 Control Units (Series No: J, N, S & G) and 32,028 Ballot Units (Series No: J, N, S, C & ..

The plea, filed by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj, was seeking directions for the use of VVPAT machines for the polls to rule out chances of malpractice

Four EVMs and a similar number of VVPATs were found at the house of a Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal's Howrah district, following which a poll official was suspended

Another Rs 7.20 crore has been allocated for elector photo identity cards

He said simultaneous elections were in practice in the country till 1967, before a "cyclic imbalance" was created due to dissolution of some state assemblies, among other reasons.

The plea was filed by opposition leaders led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu

Opposition leaders led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has sought the review of the apex court's order

VVPAT slips should be matched with the EVM count in 14 booths per assembly constituency

The Election Commission's technical expert committee carried out 'root cause analysis'.

Over 11 per cent VVPATs were replaced during the bypolls.

The Election Commission today convened an all-party meeting over the issue of EVM

Several parties have been pressing for the use of VVPAT machines to dispel doubts of EVM tampering

Amid complaints that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) couldbe rigged and the voter never got to know which candidate he had actually votedfor, the Union Cabinet today sanctioned Rs 3200 crore over the next two years toenable the Election Commission of India (ECI) to procure voting machines thatuse Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) Units for use in the 2019general elections. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati and Aam AadmiParty (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, whose parties have posted a less thansatisfactory electoral performance in the last round of assembly elections hadcomplained that votes cast by their supporters had not been correctly recordedby EVMs. They had demanded that VVPAT machines be installed all over India.VVPAT machines produce a printout of the vote cast using anEVM, which can be shown to the voter to dispel any doubts. This printout isthen deposited in a box and can be used to resolve any dispute regarding theelection. In 2013, the Supreme Court had ...