Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021 | 15 votes registered on VVPAT carried on bike, Tamil Nadu CEO
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Satyabrata Sahoo says report sent to EC for action.
Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo on Friday said the voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) carried by a Greater Chennai Corporation staffer on his bike on April 6 from a polling booth in Velachery was used for 50 minutes and had registered 15 votes. The transportation of the electronic voting machine, the control unit and the VVPAT was in violation of norms and a report had been sent to the Election Commission, which will take a final decision on re-polling, he said. Two EVMs, one control unit and one VVPAT were carried on the bike, of which the VVPAT alone was used during the polling, Mr. Sahoo told mediapersons.More Related News