Question

State whether the following statement is true or false. Give a reason for your answer.

The facility of VVPAT in EVM machines ensures to stop malpractices in elections.

Options

• True

• False

Answer 1

The facility of VVPAT in EVM machines ensures to stop malpractices in elections.

The above statement is True.

Reasons:

1. An expert committee established on 8^th October 2010 by-election commission decided to add the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in EVM machine.
2. This facility enables voters to easily verify whether the vote casted by them is registered properly or not.

Therefore, VVPAT in EVM machines ends malpractices in the election.