EC would need 16 lakh paper trail machines for 2019 polls
The Election Commission would need over 16 lakh voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines to cover all polling stations in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the government has said. VVPAT machine dispenses a slip with the symbol of the party for which a person has voted for. The slip drops in a box but the voter cannot take it home.