The second-level randomisation of electronic voting machines (EVMs) for the 1,677 polling stations in Vellore, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai and Tirupattur districts were held on Tuesday as part of the upcoming local bodies elections.
Election officials said these EVMs that include control units and ballot units were checked and certified by a team of engineers from BEL, before the randomisation process was taken up in the presence of district election officers, observers, candidates and representatives of political parties in these districts. The second round of randomisation was done only after the candidates were finalised. The EVMs for polling stations will be allocated after the third round of randomisation.
