EVMs, VVPATs moved to Assembly constituencies after first randomization

After the major randomisation of Digital Balloting Machines (EVM) and the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Path (VVPAT) to be outmoded in all six Meeting constituencies within the district, the machines were transported with heavy police protection to the Meeting segments on Tuesday.

Within the presence of District Collector Okay. Elambahavath, the Overall Observers and the representatives of recognised political occasions, the major randomisation of EVMs and VVPATs used to be carried out on Monday. After the cease of the randomisation, the dispatch of EVMs to respective Meeting constituencies started on Tuesday.

Even because the armed policemen were giving protection, the EVMs and VVPATs were despatched to the destinations in GPS-fitted container automobiles. The EVMs and the VVPATs were saved in designated strongrooms within the Places of work of Vilathikulam, Ottapidaram, Kovilpatti, Thoothukudi, Tiruchendur and Srivaikundam Tahsildars. The rooms were sealed after the EVMs and VVPATs were saved there at the same time as armed policemen are giving around the clock protection to these strongrooms.

After the withdrawal of nominations, the symbols will probably be mounted within the EVMs within the presence of Observers and the candidates’ representatives.