Team Herald
PANJIM: United Bahujans of Goa has demanded simultaneous counting of votes through VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail) slips along with EVMs (Electronic Voting Machine).
Addressing the media, Coordinator of United Bahujan of Goa, Dipesh Naik said they have written to the Chief Electoral Officer of Goa on this.
He said that the VVPAT counting would clear doubts in the minds of voters. “The counting of VVPAT slips will simplify the process and there would be transparency in the counting which will increase the faith of public in ECI,” Naik said.
The NGO has demanded that voters be issued duplicate slips in the future.
Election Commission used VVPAT for the first time in this election, following directions from the Supreme Court of India.
