EVM data will be tallied with audit-trail feedback: Election Commission

The CEC on Friday reviewed the election preparedness in Telangana, which is going to polls on December 7

Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat on Friday said the paper slips of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) will be counted and tallied against the votes cast on the electronic voting machines(EVMs) at one polling station in every assembly constituency in states where elections are currently underway.

VVPAT generates a paper slip containing the details of the voter and the party he/ she voted for besides displaying the details on the computer screen for few moments in order to make voters doubly sure of EVM functioning.

Rawat said the tallying of VVPAT slips with the votes cast and stored in the EVMs