Our Correspondent
Kohima | July 2
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to use Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in all the polling stations during the bye-election to the 10th Northern Angami-1 A/C, which is scheduled for July 29, 2017. The Commission stated that adequate numbers of EVMs have been made available and all steps have been taken to ensure that the polls are conducted smoothly with the help of the machines.
According to the ECI, issue of notification for the bye-election will be on July 5, last date of making nominations- July 12, scrutiny of nominations- July 13, last date for withdrawal of candidatures- July 15, date of poll- July 29 and counting of votes on August 3.
In consonance with the past practice, the Commission has decided that the voter’s identification shall be mandatory in the bye-election at the time of poll.
Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) shall be the main document of identification of a voter. However, in order to ensure that no voter is deprived of his/her franchise, if his/her name figures in the Electoral Rolls, separate instruction will be issued to allow additional documents for identification of voters at the time of poll in the said bye-election, the ECI stated.
