Supreme Court rejects 100% EVM-VVPAT verification pleas
EVM-VVPAT Case: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected all the petitions seeking the complete verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips.
- Petitions seeking return to ballot papers also rejected
- Election Commission given 2 directives over storage, checking of EVMs
- Poll body asked to consider electronic machine for vote counting paper slips