The Election Commission of India on Wednesday said that “all voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines will be procured well within the time required for making pre-poll preparations for 2019 Lok Sabha elections”. This comes after The Indian Express reported that the ECI is struggling to meet the deadline it committed to the Supreme Court for procuring 16 lakh voter-verifiable paper audit trail VVPAT machines for the Lok Sabha elections due next year. The ECI stated that it has been consistently and periodically reviewing the status of production and supply of VVPATs. “In order to meet the requirement of VVPATs for 100% saturation of all polling stations for 2019 Lok Sabha polls in 2019, Commission placed an order of 16.15 lakh VVPATs. The Commission has been consistently and periodically reviewing the status of production and supply of VVPATs,” said ECI.

The Election Commission of India on Wednesday said that “all voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines will be procured well within the time required for making pre-poll preparations for 2019 Lok Sabha elections”. This comes after The Indian Express reported that the ECI is struggling to meet the deadline it committed to the Supreme Court for procuring 16 lakh voter-verifiable paper audit trail VVPAT machines for the Lok Sabha elections due next year. The ECI stated that it has been consistently and periodically reviewing the status of production and supply of VVPATs. “In order to meet the requirement of VVPATs for 100% saturation of all polling stations for 2019 Lok Sabha polls in 2019, Commission placed an order of 16.15 lakh VVPATs. The Commission has been consistently and periodically reviewing the status of production and supply of VVPATs,” said ECI.