Evms And Vvpat Counting Can Be Done Simultaneously: EC

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued headings to the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of the considerable number of States and Union Territories that the EVM and postal poll counting should be possible all the while. When the EVM counting is finished, the VVPAT slips counting can begin according to the endorsed strategy.

The ECI said with the presentation of Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) and throwing off the postal tally by election obligation staff at the assistance focus, the quantity of postal vote papers for counting has gone up impressively.

"Further, with the necessity of compulsory QR code perusing for the ETPBS, the postal ticket counting will presently require additional time. Additionally, there is an obligatory VVPAT slips check of five surveying stations for each Assembly fragment notwithstanding the instances of VVPAT tally that might be required by virtue of different reasons, for example, Control Units not being cleared after false survey, the Control Units not showing the outcomes at the season of counting, and so forth," said the request.

Where the edge of triumph is not exactly the number of postal poll papers dismissed as invalid at the season of counting, all the rejected postal vote papers will be compulsorily re-confirmed by the Returning Officer before the presentation of the result, said the EC.

"At whatever point such re-check is done, the whole procedures ought to be video-graphed according to the directions… ," said the request.