To extend voter accessibility, the EC has decreased the utmost variety of electors per polling station from 1,500 to 1,200.
In an effort to enhance the voter expertise and improve election administration, the Election Fee of India (EC) has launched 21 new initiatives over the previous 100 days, officers stated on Thursday.
These initiatives, they famous, embody procedural reforms, coaching programmes, and engagement with stakeholders. The measures mark the preliminary 100 days of Gyanesh Kumar’s tenure because the twenty sixth Chief Election Commissioner.
Voters per polling station decreased
To extend voter accessibility, the EC has decreased the utmost variety of electors per polling station from 1,500 to 1,200.
Further polling cubicles might be established in densely populated areas corresponding to gated communities and high-rise buildings. The Fee goals to make sure that no voter has to journey greater than 2 kilometres to forged their vote.
Key reforms taken by EC
Voter info slips have been redesigned to offer clearer particulars, together with polling station numbers. For added comfort, a cell phone deposit facility might be obtainable on the entrance of every polling station.
Marketing campaign cubicles arrange by candidates will now be permitted simply past 100 metres from the polling station gate, reasonably than the sooner restrict of 200 metres from your complete polling premises.
To simplify digital entry for stakeholders, the EC has launched a unified dashboard referred to as ECINET. This built-in platform consolidates companies that had been beforehand unfold throughout over 40 separate functions.
The Fee has additionally begun integrating demise registration information from the Registrar Common of India to permit for well timed and verified elimination of deceased voters from the electoral rolls.
A particular abstract revision of electoral rolls has been carried out forward of an upcoming by-election, marking the primary such train earlier than a bypoll in a number of many years, in response to officers.
In a transfer to institutionalise dialogue with political stakeholders, the EC facilitated 4,719 conferences nationwide, with participation from over 28,000 representatives of political events.
Consultations have additionally been held with leaders from recognised events, together with the Aam Aadmi Social gathering, Bharatiya Janata Social gathering, Bahujan Samaj Social gathering, Communist Social gathering of India (Marxist), and Nationwide Individuals’s Social gathering. Additional discussions with each nationwide and state-level events are deliberate after the continuing bypolls.
To assist coaching and capability constructing, the Fee has launched a complete coaching framework focusing on 28 totally different classes of electoral stakeholders. These modules are grounded within the Illustration of the Individuals Acts of 1950 and 1951, the Registration of Electors Guidelines, 1960, and the Conduct of Election Guidelines, 1961, in addition to EC tips.
Different inside reforms embody the implementation of biometric attendance on the EC headquarters, activation of the E-Workplace system, and common assessment conferences on the Chief Electoral Officer stage, geared toward enhancing coordination and operational effectivity.