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JAIPUR/JODHPUR: In first-level checking of electronic voting machines ( EVM ), 46 ballot units and 63 control units have been found defective in Jaipur and Jodhpur. Jodhpur district magistrate Ravi Kumar said on Monday that Jodhpur had received 3,170 ballot units and 3,141 control units for the upcoming election. In Jaipur, 38 ballot units and 58 control units were rejected, while in Jodhpur five control units and seven ballot units were found defective, which according to the district administration have been returned for repairing to the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.Jaipur had received 6,735 ballot units and 5,695 control units of EVMs. Keeping this suspicion about the machines in view, the Congress has already demanded the elections to be conducted through ballot papers instead of EVMs. "All these units have been subjected to first-level checking by the technical experts in presence of the representatives of the registered political parties..