Implementation of VVPAT will require more time for polling: Rajkot Collector
September 27, 2017
Rajkot: Implementation of VVPAT(Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) in Gujarat elections will demand more time for polling.
A voter will get 7 second time to see VVPAT slip whether his vote has been cast properly or not.
Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) or Verifiable Paper Record (VPR) is a method of providing feedback to voters using a ballotless voting system.
According to Collector of Rajkot district, each voter will take 17 seconds time with implementation of VVPAT. He said considering this fact, he would ask Election Commisison to announce longer polling hours.
Collector Vikrant Pande further said that model code of conduct could be effective in next fortnight or so. He said final list of voters is out with supliment of new names, EVM and VVPT are arrived, nodal officers are also appointed.
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