LS Polls: 10 Crore More Voters in 2014 Than in 2009

"The EC has directed that a special camp be organised at all 9.30 lakh polling stations on March 9 for this purpose," Sampath said.

The electoral rolls are ready after being updated with January one this year as the cut-off date and will be put up at polling booths for a final check by voters.

The EC will use EVMs for the Lok Sabha elections and a total of over 17 lakh EVMs will be deployed during the polls.

For the first time in parliamentary polls, a system of paper trail for electronic voting will be introduced in some constituencies on a trial basis and the Commission is in the process of procuring 20,000 EVMs which will be deployed for this purpose.

The EC is also introducing a system of optional e-filing of affidavits by candidates to ensure that no omission is made out. A candidate will have to file a hard copy of the affidavit along with the nomination paper.

In case a column is left blank, the Returning Officer will send a notice to the candidate for filing a fresh one, failing which the nomination is liable to be rejected following a Supreme Court directive in this regard.

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