EC orders strict EVM checks, warns of action and repoll over tampering in Bengal

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has instructed presiding officers of each booths, peculiarly successful West Bengal, to cheque and guarantee that each campaigner buttons connected physics voting machines (EVMs) are intelligibly disposable and not covered with tape, glue oregon immoderate different material, including colour, ink, perfume oregon chemic that tin compromise the secrecy of votes.Cases successful which campaigner buttons are recovered with the supra anomalies are apt to autumn nether tampering oregon interference with physics voting machines (EVM), which is an electoral offence.EC officials connected Tuesday said the committee volition not hesitate to instrumentality transgression enactment oregon bid a repoll successful specified cases.Wherever instances of tampering are noticed, the presiding serviceman volition instantly pass the assemblage serviceman oregon returning officer.