<span style="color: #222222;">Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has categorically stated that the Election Commission of India would not be intimidated or coerced to go back to paper ballot system.&nbsp; </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that Commission would continue to use Electronic Voting Machines and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp; </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Arora was speaking at an International conference on 'Making our Elections Inclusive and Accessible' in New Delhi today. He termed the recent controversies surrounding EVMs as unfortunate.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Arora said, the Election Commission's Systematic Voter's Education and Electoral Participation program has been a success in empowering voters.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The conference was hosted by the Election Commission of India in connection with the 9th National Voters' Day tomorrow.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The participants include heads and dignitaries from Election Management Bodies from six countries and three International Organizations.&nbsp;</span>
News On AIR | January 24, 2019 8:53 PM
Election Commission will never go back to era of ballot papers, says CEC Sunil Arora