Election Commission plans pilot project in Karnataka

Mysore, Aug 2 (UNI) The Central Election Commission will introduce a a pilot project to make photo identity cards compulsory for voting in the next General Elections.

Addressing media persons, Chief Electoral Officer for Karnataka R Rameseshan said the project would be completed for providing photo identify cards to the voters besides including their photographs in the voters list in three Assembly constituencies in Bangalore prior to the elections to be held in 2009.

The Commission would take up the process of the pilot project in three Assembly Constituencies of Bangalore such as Jayanagar, Binnepet and Yelahanka from November 15 onwards, he said.

"The new system would help in avoiding the malpractices and proxy voting in elections," he added.

He said after the initial experiment in three Assembly Constituencies, it would be extended all over the state.

The voters could use internet facilities for making addition and delition in the voters list, he said.

UNI