India, Jan. 24 -- Poll management bodies from various countries have decided to focus on evolving "pure" electoral rolls and providing a photo identity card to every elector. At the end of an international conference on democracy and election management here, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said the views expressed by heads and members of various poll management bodies included the need for pure electoral rolls. "Pure electoral rolls containing names of all electors according to law are the foundation of any democracy," Kumar said in his concluding remarks.

He also said the election management bodies should strive to provide photo identity cards to all electors for easy and transparent conduct of elections.

The CEC also underl...