VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER AUDIT TRAIL (VVPAT) MACHINE - POLITY
News:
ECI failed to provide
substantive response to 'genuine concerns' over EVMs: Jairam Ramesh
What's
in the news?
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The Opposition alliance has been demanding
100% matching of the voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips and EVMs
and said the VVPAT slips should be handed over to voters, who could drop it in
a separate box.
VVPAT:
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Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail is an
independent system consisting of two parts, namely, VVPAT Printer and VVPAT Status Display Unit (VSDU) attached with
the Electronic Voting Machines that allows the voters to verify that their
votes are cast as intended.
Key
takeaways:
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VVPATs with EVMs were used for the first
time in a bye-election from Noksen
(ST) assembly constituency of Nagaland
in 2013.
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VVPAT-fitted EVMs were used in entire Goa assembly elections of 2017
which was also the first time that VVPAT with EVM was used in the entire state.
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VVPAT
was used in the general election of 2019 in all the 543 constituencies for the
first time.
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VVPAT runs on a power pack (Battery) of 15
volts.
Rules:
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The use of VVPATs falls under Rule 49A of the Conduct of Elections Rules,
1961, which provides that every EVM shall have a control unit and a
balloting unit.
Slip
consists of:
When a vote is cast, a
slip is printed containing the
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Serial number
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Name of the candidate
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Symbol of the candidate
Features:
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It remains exposed through a transparent
window for 7 seconds.
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Thereafter, this printed slip gets automatically
cut and falls in the sealed drop box of the VVPAT.