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Question
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When was the EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) first introduced in elections (on experimental basis)?
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1989-90
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1992-93
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1998-99
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2002-03
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A ballot paper is a sheet of paper on which the names of the contesting candidates along with party names and symbols are listed. The ballot paper was used earlier. Nowadays, electronic voting machines (EVM) are used to record votes.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1889, Jacob H. Myers of Rochester, New York, received a patent for a voting machine that was based on Beranek’s 1881 push button machine. This machine saw its first use in Lockport, New York, in 1892.
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