The Haryana Election Commission has decided to hold the civic elections from EVM, but VVPAT will not be connected to them. – File photo
This time in the civic elections being held in Haryana, voting will be done by EVM, but the voters will not be able to see that the vote he has given. In this election, voter verified paper audit trial (VVPAT) machine will not be installed in this election. In such a situation, to vote for the voter
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The reason for this is that VVPAT machines cannot be installed in the EVM on which the Commission is voting in the civic elections. Regarding this, Chief Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh says that political parties have been told about this.
VVPAT on these EVMs Why not being installed? The Haryana Election Commission wrote a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI) in June 2020 seeking EVM of 45 thousand M3 model (without VVPAT) for the municipal body and panchayat elections, but ECI replied that only the M2 model (Old model) EVM can only give it to the State Commission on a loan basis.
It was also informed that according to his policy, EVMs of M3 model are not provided to the State Election Commissions.
Vvpat with EVM Why is it important?
VVPAT machine brought when riding on results After the election from EVM in the country, there was a dispute over their results. When political parties started questioning the credibility of EVM, the Election Commission had brought VVPAT to solve this problem.
VVPAT machine works like this The VVPAT machine is connected with EVM. When the voter presses the EVM button, the sound of the beep comes, and a slip starts appearing in the VVPAT machine.
This slip has the election symbol of the candidate, which the voter vote. It is a kind of voting receipt. According to reports, this slip is seen for about 7 seconds in the glass window in the VVPAT machine. After this, it falls into a compartment under the slip machine.
Experts told 2 things in the case …
VVPAT has been required to tell Supreme Court Hemant Kumar, a expert in the body laws and Advocate of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, has said that in 2013, the Supreme Court directed to implement VVPAT with EVM in the decision given by the Supreme Court in the ECI case. EVM technology can establish complete credibility and transparency on elections.
Since this decision, ECI is also complying with the orders of the Supreme Court by ensuring the use of VVPAT in the elections of Lok Sabha and all the states across the country by ensuring voting from EVM.
Haryana Election Commission right to buy M3 EVM Advocate Hemant is a legal opinion that Article 243 (K) of the Constitution of the Haryana State Election Commission has adequate powers related to superintending, direction and control of panchayats and civic elections in the state in Article 243 (K) and (ZA). Therefore, he himself can purchase the M3 model at his level, ie VVPAT EVM at a permanent level from the central government authorized agencies.