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With the Assembly predetermination scheduled for this year, the Kottayam territory medication has initiated broad preparations. As portion of these efforts, the archetypal signifier of inspection for the voting machines designated for the Assembly elections commenced successful the territory connected Saturday.
The inspection process began astatine APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium successful Thiruvathukkal, wherever the voting machines are stored, nether the supervision of District Election Officer and Collector Chetan Kumar Meena.
The territory has 1,791 polling booths. To guarantee readiness, 25% much voting machines – including power and ballot units – and 35% much VVPAT machines are being inspected.
The inspection, which is expected to span astir 22 days, involves removing the machines from storage, stripping aged stickers, ballots, and seals to verify their functionality. Only those voting machines that walk the archetypal signifier of inspection volition beryllium deployed for the elections.
The inspection is being conducted by officials of the Revenue Department led by 9 engineers from Bharat Electronics Limited. Deputy Collector for Elections Sheeba Mathew, First Level Checking (FLC) supervisor G Prashanth, and others were present.
