No need to change law to use ballot papers for voting

No need to change law to use ballot papers for voting

There is no need to amend the law to use ballot papers for polling, but the Election Commission believes EVMs are a more reliable and safer means to carry out the democratic exercise.

Questions were being asked as to whether going back to the conventional system would require a change in the law.

The Congress, BSP and AAP have been pushing for the use of the conventional ballot papers and ballot boxes in future elections, saying the reliability of the electronic voting machines has come under cloud following the recently-held assembly polls.