Thrissur: Rising mercury in the state is ready to pose a new problem to polling officials. Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines are light sensitive and might pass off if direct daylight falls on them for lengthy hours. When contacted, chief electoral officer (CEO) Teeka Ram Meena conceded this and said the election fee is taking measures to prevent such device failures and to interchange the defective machines.
According to Meena, the VVPAT machines and electronic voting machines (EVMs) will probably be most commonly saved in spaces the place direct daylight won't fall on them. The poll officials had been made aware of such probabilities throughout the pre-poll training length itself. High room temperature and humidity can impact each the EVMs and VVPAT machines, he said.
The CEO said there are about 25,970 polling stations in the state. Specially designated engineers will probably be monitoring the functioning of the VVPATs on a zonal foundation in each constituency, he said.
The election fee has allotted 30% VVPAT machines and EVMs as reserve. No attempts will probably be made to rectify defective machines throughout the poll procedure. Such machines will most effective be replaced with fresh ones. If the poll devices or regulate devices in EVMs are found to be defective they're going to additionally be replaced, Meena said.
Thrissur collector T V Anupama, who could also be the district election officer, appealed to the citizens to carry a bottle of water with them while coming to vote in view of the extraordinarily scorching climate prevailing in the state. She said special pandals will probably be erected in the polling booths to supply coloration for the citizens.
According to Meena, the VVPAT machines and electronic voting machines (EVMs) will probably be most commonly saved in spaces the place direct daylight won't fall on them. The poll officials had been made aware of such probabilities throughout the pre-poll training length itself. High room temperature and humidity can impact each the EVMs and VVPAT machines, he said.
The CEO said there are about 25,970 polling stations in the state. Specially designated engineers will probably be monitoring the functioning of the VVPATs on a zonal foundation in each constituency, he said.
The election fee has allotted 30% VVPAT machines and EVMs as reserve. No attempts will probably be made to rectify defective machines throughout the poll procedure. Such machines will most effective be replaced with fresh ones. If the poll devices or regulate devices in EVMs are found to be defective they're going to additionally be replaced, Meena said.
Thrissur collector T V Anupama, who could also be the district election officer, appealed to the citizens to carry a bottle of water with them while coming to vote in view of the extraordinarily scorching climate prevailing in the state. She said special pandals will probably be erected in the polling booths to supply coloration for the citizens.
Light-sensitive VVPATs may pose challenge during polls
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