Section 67 in The Telangana Panchayat Raj (Conduct of Elections) Rules, 2018
67. Design of Voting Machine.
- Every Electronic Voting Machine (hereinafter referred to as the voting machine) shall have a control unit (without Detachable Memory Module/Secured Detachable Memory Module or with Detachable Memory Module/Secured Detachable Memory Module) with one or more balloting units and may also be attached to a printer with a drop box for printing a paper trail of the vote(Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail), in such constituency or constituencies or polling station or polling stations or parts there of as the State Election Commission may direct basing on the availability. The number of balloting units shall depend on the number of contesting candidates and number of seats. The design and shape of control unit, balloting unit and printer shall be such, as may be approved by the State Election Commission.Explanation. - Detachable Memory Module (DMM) / Secured Detachable Memory Module (SDMM) means such electronic memory device which is attached to the control unit of electronic voting machine and keeps the election data safely in secured manner. In all cases where the EVMs are to be revised before the counting process, the DMM/SDMM containing poll data shall be separated and stored securely as per the directions of SEC till they are taken up for counting.Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) or Verifiable Paper Record (VPR) is a method of providing feedback to voters using a ballotless voting system. A VVPAT is intended as an independent verification system for voting machines designed to allow voters to verify that their vote is recorded correctly, and to provide a means to audit the stored electronic results."A 'voter verified paper audit trail' (VVPAT) consists of physical paper records of voter ballots as voters have cast them on an electronic voting system. In the event that an election recount or audit is called for, the VVPAT provides a supporting record. The 'voter-verified' part of the VVPAT refers to the fact that the voter is given the opportunity to verify that the choices indicated on the paper record correspond to the choices that the voter has made in casting the ballot. Thus, the result of an election in an electronic form of the votes cast is tallied with the paper record of the individual votes that have been cast."
