EVMs moved to strong rooms
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A security personnel posted at a strong room in Madurai Medical College. | Photo Credit:
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Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trials (VVPATs) were moved to strong rooms from the 10 Assembly constituencies in the district on Wednesday.
Officials said that all EVMs and VVPATs were brought from polling booths to the strong rooms by 11 a.m. Scrutiny was completed and it was communicated to the Election Commission that there was no need for re-election in any of the polling stations, said a district official.
The counting centre for Madurai North, Madurai South, Madurai Central and Madurai West constituencies would be Madurai Medical College. For Melur and Madurai East, it was Agricultural College and Research Institute.
EVMs and VVPAT machines moved to counting centres amid tight security
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Three-tier security arrangements put in place outside the strong rooms
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Officials sealing the strong room where the EVMs are stored at a government arts college in Cuddalore.
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Three-tier security arrangements put in place outside the strong rooms
After the close of polling at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the Elections Department moved the EVMs and VVPAT machines from the respective polling booths to the strong rooms in Cuddalore, Vriddhachalam, Panruti and B. Mutlur.
While the counting centre for the Cuddalore and Kurunjipadi Assembly constituencies will be the Government Periyar Arts College, the one for the Thittakudi (Reserved) and Vridhhachalam constituencies will be the Government Kolanjiappar Arts College in Vriddhachalam.
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