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CEC finds a way to ensure that the voting system is working perfectly

Rawat said the tallying of VVPAT slips with the votes cast and stored in the EVMs will be done to demonstrate that the voting system has been working perfectly

Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat
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Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat. Photo: ANI

BS Reporter Hyderabad
Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat on Friday said the paper slips of the voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) will be counted and tallied against the votes cast on the electronic voting machines (EVMs) at one polling station in every assembly constituency in states where elections are currently underway.

VVPAT generates a paper slip containing the details of the voter and the party he or she voted for besides displaying the details on the computer screen for few moments in order to make voters doubly sure of EVM functioning.

Rawat said the tallying of VVPAT slips with the votes cast and stored

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