There is less chance of new modified electronic voting machines being used during the parliamentary elections in 2014, as several loopholes were found in the modified electronic voting machines (EVMs).
A mock voting was conducted with the new EVMs in East Delhi on Saturday . The Election Commission was planning to introduce a voter verifiable paper audit trial (VVPAT) system in an effort to make the voting process more transparent, but according to the Election Commissioner of India, V. S. Sampath, ‘there were several niggles, though minor and the poll panel wouldn’t implement any “ half- baked” reform.’
Besides the new system being time consuming, its efficiency in different weather conditions is yet to be tested. However there is a possibility of the use of this new system on a limited scale for bypolls in different parts of the country.
In the new VVPAT system, each EVM is connected to a box with a display screen and a sealed window. Once the person casts his vote, he can look at his candidate choice on the box’s screen, and a printout of his chosen candidate will fall in the box. The printout will be visible to the voter on the sealed window of the attached box before it falls in.