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- Officials in Chennai have found no evidence of EVM tampering during a verification exercise in the Kolathur Assembly constituency, which began on July 29 following Election Commission directions.
- The check, covering machines from 14 polling stations, is being carried out at a storage facility in Chintadripet under District Election Officer G.S.
- Sameeran, who stressed it is not a recounting exercise but a process to establish the reliability of the EVMs.
- So far, votes recorded in the verified EVMs have matched the results in Form 20.
- The exercise hit a pause at one machine when a VVPAT developed a technical fault during a mock poll, and the applicant's representatives declined the options offered to continue.
What to watch next
- Whether the applicant selects two EVMs within the given hour or officials proceed with random selection under videography
- Whether the applicant's representatives continue participating in the verification process
- Completion of verification for the remaining polling stations and submission of the final report to the Election Commission
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Named India · Chennai · Electronic Voting Machine · Kolathur Assembly constituency · Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail · Election Commission · Greater Chennai Corporation · G.S. Sameeran · K. Karpagam · N. Pushnadevi
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