more-in The checking of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units has been completed in Ernakulam. An official release quoting Dinesh Kumar, Deputy Collector, Elections, said the voters would get a chance to be familiar with the system in the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. About 3,280 machines have reached Ernakulam. The machines were supplied by the Electronics Corporation of India, Hyderabad. The officials of the corporation examined the systems as part of the process of checking its efficiency. The VVPAT machines have been stored at the Central Warehousing Corporation at Kakkanad. The Election Commission had earlier pointed out that VVPATs would be used along with the electronic voting machines in all general elections held in the country. The installation of the units will be ensured in about 10.6 lakh polling stations across the nation. A user-friendly software for the VVPAT system will be used in the forthcoming Assembly elections, according to the release. The VVPAT is a method that provides feedback to voters. It is an independent verification printer machine and is attached to electronic voting machines. It allows voters to verify if their vote has gone to the intended candidate. When a voter presses a button on the EVM, a paper slip is printed through the VVPAT. The slip contains the poll symbol and name of the candidate. It allows the voter to verify his/her choice. 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 dropbox in the VVPAT machine and a beep will be heard. VVPAT machines can be accessed by polling officers only.

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