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Ten process objection centres for Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) devices were opened crossed the metropolis on Wednesday, up of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.
These see the Greater Chennai Corporation’s Ripon Buildings complex, the Chennai Collectorate, the Guindy Revenue Divisional Office, and the zonal offices astatine Tondiarpet, Royapuram, Tiruvottiyur, Anna Nagar, Teynampet, Kodambakkam, and Adyar.
According to a property release, the centres person been acceptable up successful enactment with the absorption of the Election Commission of India to familiarise voters with the process for casting votes utilizing EVMs and verifying the votes done VVPAT devices. The centres are intended to assistance members of the nationalist recognize the functioning of the machines done unrecorded demonstrations.
At the Ripon Buildings analyzable connected Wednesday, voters participated successful mock voting and verification exercises utilizing the machines.
District Election Officer and Chennai Corporation Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran inspected the objection astatine the analyzable with officials.
The elector consciousness drives would proceed until the Election Commission of India formally announces the predetermination schedule. After the announcement, consciousness activities related to EVMs and VVPATs would beryllium carried retired lone done physics media, the merchandise stated.
