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Supreme Court verdict on EVMs

May 2 , 2024 208 days 357 0
  • 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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