Bihar polls: EC rolls out 17 new initiatives for assembly election; to be adopted nationwide

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission connected Sunday said that it has implemented 17 caller initiatives to behaviour the upcoming Bihar assembly predetermination successful a smoother manner. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said that these initiatives volition beryllium incorporated crossed India successful the upcoming elections.At a property league successful Patna, Gyanesh Kumar said, “Seventeen caller initiatives person been successfully implemented successful Bihar; immoderate volition beryllium implemented successful the behaviour of elections, and immoderate successful counting.” “Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are liable for preparing the elector list. In Bihar, determination is an ERO successful each of the 243 assembly constituencies. Together, they, on with 243 EROs and 90,207 BLOs, completed the task of cleansing the elector database aft astir 22 years,” helium added. Under the caller initiatives, the CEC said that implicit 7,000 BLOs and BLO supervisors from crossed India, including Bihar, were trained astatine IIIDEM, New Delhi. The CEC besides said that remuneration for BLOs, BLO supervisors, polling/counting staff, CAPF, monitoring teams, and micro-observers has been doubled. He added that honorarium has been provided for EROs and AEROs for the archetypal time. Provision for refreshments has besides been enhanced.

The canvass assemblage has besides decided that counters volition beryllium introduced conscionable extracurricular polling stations for depositing mobile phones by voters. The CEC said the Election Commission volition guarantee reduced crowding, shorter queues, and further booths successful high-rise residential complexes and societies. He besides said that booths by the candidates connected canvass time for issuing unofficial individuality slips to electors tin beryllium acceptable up conscionable beyond 100 meters of immoderate polling station. The CEC said that the EC has revised guidelines to marque EVM ballot papers much readable, and EVMs volition person colour photographs of candidates for the archetypal time. “Hundred percent webcasting volition beryllium carried retired successful each booth during the Bihar polls,” helium added.