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VVPAT System in EVMs for 2014 Polls

The Supreme Court of India on 8 October 2013 directed the
Election Commission of India to introduce Vote Verifier Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)
system i n EVMs in phased manner for the next general elections in 2014. The
Supreme Court also directed the Centre to provide financial assistance for
introducing Vote Verifier Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system. The Supreme Court
bench also stated that VVPAT in EVMs will ensure free and fair polls and will
help in sorting out disputes. The poll panel had also informed the SC bench that
VVPAT can be introduced in a phased manner and cited administrative and
financial reasons for it. It had stated 13 lakh VVPAT machines would be needed
for general elections. The Election Commission had stated approximately 1500
crore Rupees would be required for procuring VVPAT and installing it at all
polling booths across the country for 2014 Lok Sabha polls and there are only
two state-owned companies Bharat Electronic Ltd (BEL) and Electronics
Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) which manufacture the machines. The Election
Commission had earlier informed the court that VVPAT was successfully and
satisfactorily utilised at 21 polling stations in Nagaland during the Assembly
elections in February 2013. The Supreme Court’s order came on a plea of BJP
leader Subramanian Swamy seeking a direction to the Election Commission to
ensure EVMs have a paper trail and issue a receipt to each voter.

Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System (VVPAT)

• The VVPAT system is a new initiative of the Election Commission to
  ensure free and fair elections.
• The VVPT will enable electors to see a printout of their ballot –
  displaying the name, election symbol and serial number of the chosen
  candidate. However the voter cannot take the printout home.
• In case there is a dispute about the voting and a petition is filed, the
  votes can be tallied electronically and physically with the ballot slips
  that fall into the compartment.
• The cost of each VVPAT, manufactured by Bharat Electronic Ltd and
  Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL) is estimated at about 12000 rupees.
• At present, EVMs are used for voting and counting is based on the
  results in the machines. In comparison the VVPAT will print a voter’s
  selection, thus also allowing for physically verification of the vote.

Election Commission of India with an objective of free
and fair polls, the VVPAT System is introduced. This new voting system is a
step towards winning the public trust in election process. VVPAT system will
also help to resolve the election disputes by providing physical
verification of the votes in EVMs. EC would take the decision depending on
feedback from the by-polls of Nagaland and it will expand the VVPAT System
in a graded and phased manner throughout the country. For introducing VVPAT
systems throughout the country would cost around 2000 to 3000 crore rupees.

None of the Above Option in EVMs approved by Election Commission of
India

The Election Commission of India ordered on 13 October
2013 the Chief Electoral Officers of all States and Union territories to
provide for None of the Above (NOTA) option in electronic voting machines
(EVMs) and ballot papers. The None of the Above option will be provided at
the bottom of the panel on the EVMs or as the last row in the ballot paper
after all the candidates have been listed with their respective symbols in
the same language used to list the candidates. Likewise, the contours of the
NOTA panel will be identical to that given to each candidate. In
constituencies contesting more than 16 candidates in the fray, an extra EVM
will be attached to the first balloting unit for the NOTA option as the EVMs
currently in use can accommodate only 16 rows. The NOTA votes will be
counted and indicated in the final result chart. The Election Commission of
India clarified that in the extreme case of the NOTA option polling more
votes than any of the candidates in the fray, the candidate who gets the
maximum number of votes will be declared the winner. The NOTA option was
made mandatory by the Supreme Court of India on 27 September 2013 and gave
the direction to the Election Commission of India to provide none of the
above options at the end of the list of candidates contesting an election in
a constituency.

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