Voters in Kancheepuram Assembly segment have welcomed the voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) system, introduced by the Election Commission.
Talking to The Hindu after casting his vote, Vasu of Rukmani Street, has said that the new system has allayed his doubt of whether his vote was cast in favour of the candidate he had exercised the franchise.
“We used to leave the booth distrustfully during the previous elections as we are not sure about whether the vote cast by us went to the same candidate. This time, we were able to see the election symbol of the candidate to whom we have cast the vote. Hence, we are doubly sure that we have cast the vote to the person to whom we wanted to”, he said.
The EC has tried the VVPAT facility during the last year’s Bihar Assembly polls. The Supreme Court had instructed that an opportunity should be extended to the voters to verify whether they had cast their vote in favour of the candidate to whom they had intended to cast through the Electronic Voting Machine.
Complying with the SC observation, in Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission has introduced this facility in 17 Assembly segments. Kancheepuram, Anna Nagar (in Chennai), Vellore, Krishnagiri, Salem (North), Erode (West), Tiruppur (North), Coimbatore (North), Dindigul, Tiruchirapalli (West), Cuddalore, Thanjavur, Villupuram, Madurai (East), Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari are the assembly segments where the VVPAT is used.
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