Reiterating that the “integrity of electoral process is fully preserved”, the EC stated: “The commission has put in place an elaborate technical and administrative system of safeguards to ensure error-free functioning of EVMs in elections. Reacting to the EC’s letter, the AAP said it was “unfortunate that instead of taking due action, the Election Commission is issuing political statements on the issue”. The AAP has approached EC last week over alleged EVM tampering in Punjab and demanded that slips generated by VVPAT machines be matched with the result. “The software in the ECI-EVM chip is one-time programmable (orp) and burnt into the chip at the time of manufacture. Thus, the ECI-EVMs are fundamentally different from the voting machines and processes adopted in various foreign countries,” it said.

Source: Indian Express April 02, 2017 21:13 UTC