Awareness of EVM/VVPAT going on in full swing at Cachar

March 30: On Saturday, EVM/VVPAT awareness campaign was conducted at Executive Engineer, PWD NH Division, Silchar, Office of the Asstt. Labour Commissioner, Silchar and Soil Conservator Office, Silchar. The awareness team in these 3 places comprised of Subhendu Saha and Narayan Chandra Paul. Awareness was also conducted on Saturday at Silchar College, Lalit Jain Commerce College, Silchar, Ramanuj Gupta College, Silchar and Vivekananda College, Silchar. The awareness team comprised of Sanjoy Kumar Deb Choudhury and Dr. Gongesh Bhattacharjee. They were guided by State Level Master Trainer (SLMT) Sudipta Dutta Choudhury (Bapi).

On Friday too, a total of 22 Assembly Level Master Trainers (ALTMs) were drafted for the purpose of carrying on EVM/VVPAT awareness campaign at various colleges, government offices and public places. Practical demonstration was given as regards the procedure of voting in EVM. Not only at Cachar but the EVM/VVPAT awareness campaign has begun across the state with voters participating in mock voting to familiarise themselves with the device in connection with the ensuing Parliamentary Election, 2019.

The Awareness Campaigns are closely monitored by ADC Rajib Roy, Sudeep Nath, ACS, Election Officer and SLMT Sudipta Dutta Choudhury (Bapi). The logistic support for the awareness sessions are provided by Mridul Kanti Chakraborty, Head Assistant of District Training Cell, Lok Sabha Polls, 2019.

Addition of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) to the EVM has helped strengthen the voters’ trust and transparency of the voting process. A VVPAT is an independent printer system attached with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) that allows the voters to verify that their votes are cast as intended.  VVPAT slips will be visible to the voter for seven seconds behind the transparent screen of VVPAT, before falling into the sealed compartment at the base of the machine.