The bypolls to 5 Meeting constituencies Thursday noticed the implementation of cell phone deposit services for voters and 100% webcasting of polling stations for the primary time, the EC stated.
After the implementation of the brand new initiatives within the bypolls in Kadi and Visvadar in Gujarat, Nilambur in Kerala, Ludhiana West in Punjab and Kaliganj in West Bengal, the identical could be rolled out in Bihar polls.
“For the primary time, voters have been in a position to avail the cell deposit facility offered by the ECI on the entrance of all polling stations. The measure is in recognition of the ubiquity of cell phones in each city and rural areas and the challenges confronted by the voters significantly the senior residents, girls, and PwD electors as to the place to depart their cell phones earlier than coming into the polling station,” the EC stated.