PANJIM: The problems with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) continued even during the Panjim assembly by-polls on Sunday with machines being replaced at three polling stations.
North Goa District Election Officer, R Menaka informed that EVM equipments had to be replaced at three polling stations which included booth number 5 and 6 in Ribandar and booth number 9 at Massano de Amorim in Panjim.
“At booth number 5 the entire set of the EVM machine was replaced at around 1.45 pm and at booth number 6 only the VVPAT was found faulty and replaced at 5.20 in evening and at booth number 9, the VVPAT was found faulty and replaced at 11 am”, she stated.
With three polling booths encountering EVM problems, political observers said that 10 per cent of the machines have been found to be faulty at some or the other point of time during the by-polls on Sunday.
“It is a big number considering that out of 30 polling stations at 3 polling stations the EVMs had to be replaced”, one observer stated.
