Why is it in news?
- The Supreme Court sought a response from the Election Commission (EC)
- On increasing the tallying of the count
- Cross-verify the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs) with EVMs from the current 10 per cent to 30 per cent for this year’s general elections.
Random checks
- Random checks: The PIL petitioners have sought direction to the EC to count and cross-verify the VVPAT in at least 30 per cent randomly chosen polling stations within each Assembly segment/constituency.
Source
The Hindu