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October 02, 2017

What are VVPAT machines and how does it ensure free and fair elections? Also discuss how challenging is implementing VVPAT in India?

Refer - The Hindu

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KEY POINTS

VVPAT Machines

·        Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail is a method that provides feedback to voters.

·        It is an independent verification printer machine and is attached to electronic voting machines.

·        When a voter presses a button in the EVM, a paper slip is printed through the VVPAT.

·        The slip contains the poll symbol and name of the candidate.

·        After being visible to the voter from a glass case in the VVPAT for seven seconds, the ballot slip will be cut and dropped into the drop box in the VVPAT machine and a beep will be heard.

·        VVPAT machines ensure free and fair elections as it

a)    Allows voters to verify that their votes are cast correctly

b)   Detects possible election fraud or malfunction

c)    Provides a means to audit the stored electronic results

Challenges

·        It increases the expenditure of elections in India putting extra burden on tax payer.

·        Giving awareness to all stakeholders including voters and political parties is time consuming process.

·        Requires more manpower to operate and install.

·        Operational difficulties such as Jamming, ran out of Ink will cause addition trouble to already stressed staffs.

·        Logistic difficulties in storing, transporting and disposing verified papers are not properly addressed.

·        User friendly measures for visually challenged persons to access VVPAT are not introduced. 

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