Question

What is an Electronic Voting Machine? What are the advantages of using them for Elections?

Answer 1

Instructions: Machine which conducts elections, Saves cost of printing ballots, saves time and can store data for months.

Solution: Electronic Voting Machine(EVM) is a portable device that is used to conduct elections.
The advantages of using them for elections are-

• Elections with EVMs save the cost of printing millions of ballot papers, thus reducing environmental damage and cost as well.
• The counting of votes is very quick and the result can be declared in 2-3 hours as compared to 30-40 hours with the ballot paper system.
• The data in EVMs can be stored for a longer period of time without tampering.