New Delhi: Electronic voting machines (EVMs) used for polling purpose in the city may soon find a permanent place of storage as the chief electoral office of Delhi has set the ball rolling for building a special godown to keep these machines en bloc. “We are now working on having a permanent storage for EVMs in Delhi, a special godown where they can be kept together. The land has been approved to us by the Lt Governor,” said chief electoral officer (CEO) of Delhi, Chandra Bhushan Kumar. The control unit is with the presiding officer or a polling officer and the balloting unit is placed inside the voting compartment. The EVMs are categorised into three labels—Generation-1 machines are those which were manufactured before 2006; Generation-2 between 2006 and 2013 and machines manufactured post-2013 are termed Generation-3.

Source: Mint July 02, 2017 06:11 UTC