New Delhi, May 24 -- In a major relief for voters, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday said it would set up mobile phone deposit counters at polling stations. Several voters who go to cast their votes take their phones inside polling booths by concealing the device in their clothes due to the absence of a facility to deposit it.
In another move, seeking to rationalise poll day management, the EC decided to allow parties and candidates to set up booths to distribute unofficial voter identification slips at 100 metres from the polling station entrance. Till now, the limit was 200 metres from the "polling location". These two key reforms will first be implemented in Bihar, where assembly polls will be held later this year.
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