Churachandpur: The second randomization of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and voter-verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) for allocation of polling stations in all the six Assembly constituencies was carried out here Monday in the conference hall of the deputy commissioner’s office.
All the process was done in the presence of election observers and representatives of political parties and election agents.
The entire randomization process was carried out through EVM management system (EMS) software after which all EVMs were allotted to respective polling stations located in 6 Legislative Assembly segments.
After the randomization process, the EVMs and VVPATs were shifted to dedicated strong rooms located at the Old DC Office.
It may be mentioned here that the first randomization was conducted on January 19, 2022 in the presence of political parties at the DEO level.
The DEO/DC of the district Pawan Yadav also chaired a meeting in the afternoon with representatives of political parties and candidates of the six ACs in the presence of general observers and police observers. He urged all political parties and candidates to follow all the guidelines of ECI and Covid-19 protocols and warned that any violation of Model Code of Conduct won’t be tolerated at any cost.
Later, the observers appointed for the two districts also held meetings with the district Nodal Officers and deliberated on problems and progress.