EC rejects 3,550 defective VVPAT machines ahead of Guj polls
The Election Commission has rejected 3,550 defective Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines during the first level checks, ahead of Gujarat Assembly Elections. While over 70,000 VVPAT machines will be used during the elections scheduled in December,  46,000 devices will be new and the rest will be procured from 11 states. 