The Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system, which allows voters to verify that their vote has been recorded correctly by the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and provides a paper trail for auditing, was first used by the Election Commission of India on a trial basis. The first deployment of VVPATs occurred in a by-election for the Noksen Assembly Constituency in Nagaland held on September 4, 2013.
The Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system was used for the first time by the Election Commission of India in
Asked in UPSC CAPF 2019 · Topic: Election Commission (Role of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs))
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