- VVPAT stands for Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail. - It is linked with EVMs. - It provides a paper receipt for the voter to verify their vote. - It creates an audit trail.
In Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), VVPAT is an acronym for
Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 2 2017 · Topic: Election Commission (Role of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs))
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