RAMBAN: The first phase of randomization of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) for Lok Sabha Elections 2019 was done here on Sunday under the supervision of District Election Officer (DEO), Ramban, Showkat Aijaz in presence of senior officials and representatives of political parties.
The first phase of randomisation was done for allocation of Ballot Units, Control Units and VVPATs for two assembly segments of the district. 342 each EVMs and VVPATs were allocated which include 192 each EVMs and VVPATs for assembly segment Ramban and 150 each EVMs and VVPATs for Banihal Assembly segment.
Speaking on the occasion, the DEO Ramban said that the aim of randomisation is to ensure free and fair elections with no human intervention as the randomisation is being done by dedicated software for the purpose.
Earlier the DEO briefed the political representatives about the randomisation process and assured them that all necessary arrangements have been put in place to ensure free and fair polls.
He said after the randomised EVMs will be shifted to dedicated strong rooms of the respective constituencies where they will be kept under tight security and protection and the further randomisation for allocation of EVMs to polling stations shall be done in next phases.
The others present in the meeting were ARO-55, (ACR Ramban) Harbans Lal Sharma, ARO-Banihal ( SDM Banihal), Zamer Rishu, Dy. DEO, Ravinder Sharma, DIO NIC, Naveen Ahlawat.