Mysore/Mysuru, March 20 -- The process of segregating and allocating Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to various Taluks of Mysuru district, falling under the Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency, began at the EVM Warehouse near the new Deputy Commissioner's Office at Siddarthanagar this morning.

Overseeing the operation were Deputy Commissioner and District Electoral Officer Dr. K.V. Rajendra, Additional Deputy Commissioner P. Shivaraju and Mysuru District EVM and VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails) Nodal Officer G.T. Dinesh Kumar, who also serves as the Commissioner of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

Since the last Assembly polls, the machines have been stored in three rooms, their seals and locks untouched until toda...