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Supreme Court verdict on EVMs
May 2 , 2024
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- The Supreme Court has rejected the pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records.
- Also, it refused to direct, return to the previous system of voting through paper ballots.
- Only 5% of EVM-VVPAT counts are currently randomly verified in any Assembly constituency.
- New checks have been introduced for candidates who have questions over the result.
- The direction to preserve the data on the machines for 45 days and a provision to cross-check would strengthen the system and address concerns.
- It also gave suggestion of generating party-specific barcodes was articulated.
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