CURRENT AFFAIRS

2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which state has approved the proposal to replace paper ballot papers with electronic voting machines?
A
Maharashtra
B
Gujarat
C
Kerala
D
Assam
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The EVMs were used first time in the general election (entire state) to the assembly of Goa in 1999.

Detailed explanation-2: -Electronic voting in the United States involves several types of machines: touchscreens for voters to mark choices, scanners to read paper ballots, scanners to verify signatures on envelopes of absentee ballots, and web servers to display tallies to the public.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are two general types of voting equipment approved for use in state of Virginia. They are optical/digital scan machines and existing DREs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Electronic voting (also known as e-voting) is voting that uses electronic means to either aid or take care of casting and counting ballots. Depending on the particular implementation, e-voting may use standalone electronic voting machines (also called EVM) or computers connected to the Internet (online voting).

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