LUCKNOW, Nov. 14 -- The State Election Commission (SEC) plans to hold next year's three-tier panchayat polls in each district in one go to check duplicate voters. The decision will enable voters of one district to exercise their franchise on the same day.

"Duplicate vote is an issue.Different measures are being planned to check duplicate/bogus voting. One exercise is currently going on with booth level officers (BLOs) checking the voter list," SEC officials said.

"If one district votes on the same day for all posts, the chances of one voter going to another polling station will be eliminated," Uttar Pradesh state election commissioner Raj Pratap Singh said.

The plan stems from the fact that duplicate voters who are under the scanner ha...