Sikkim to have EVM monitoring by CCTV

STAFF WRITER 0:25 HRS IST

Gangtok, July 7 (PTI) Sikkim would be the first state to have round-the-clock CCTV monitoring of electronic voting machines (EVM) in the strong rooms after polls.

"This will be possible with a system being put in place by the end of July to have a month-long video recording facility of the EVMs using CCTV," Chief Electoral Officer V B Pathak told reporters yesterday.

It will ensure protection against tampering of EVMs and bring more transparency to the electoral system, he said.

Pathak said that EVMs have now been kept at the strong rooms of State Election Office and district headquarters at Namchi, Geyzing and Mangan in Sikkim.