The Election Commission of India has decided to deploy new electronic voting machines in all the polling stations across the State.
The ECI has accordingly allocated 73,210 ballot units (BUs), 54,310 control units (Cus) and 53,255 voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines made by the ECILto the State for the assembly elections due towards the year end and Lok Sabha polls due mid next year.
The machines had been dispatched to the State and the State election authority, Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj, had completed the user acceptance test, the basic test to verify the functioning of these machines. First level checks of these machines will begin on June 1 in all the districts under the supervision of the district election officers and officials from the ECIL in the presence of the political parties. The process is likely to take a fortnight for completion.
