India, Sept. 18 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued new guidelines on the design and printing candidate details to enhance clarity and readability for the voters in the upcoming Bihar Assembly election. According to the poll body, the EVM ballots will now include
colour photographs of candidates for better visibility. Serial numbers of candidates, NOTA will be printed in the international form of Indian numerals.
Since 2015, the papers pasted on EVMs had black and white photos of candidates, which many voters found difficult to recognize. When the practice to use photographs was started 10 years ago, the aim was to avoid confusion in constituencies where several candidates share the same name or have similar soun...