North India Statesman
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News India Live, Digital Desk: Voting for Jharkhand Municipal Corporation elections has been going on since this morning, but the experience was very troublesome for the voters in Mango area of Jamshedpur. Citizens who had been voting at the same place for years were shocked when they reached the polling booth and found that their names were not in the list.
Uproar in Dimna’s RVS Academy
The maximum chaos was seen at RVS Academy center located in Dimna, Mango:
Change without notice: Many elderly voters had come in the hope that they would cast their vote in the same school as usual, but the officials posted there told that their booth had been shifted somewhere else.
Lack of help desk: There were not enough help desks or support personnel present at the centers to tell voters the exact address of their newly allotted booth.
Voters returned empty handed: Many voters angrily decided to return home without casting their vote. They allege that the Election Commission neither distributed slips on time nor gave any clear information about change of booths through social media or newspapers.
Voters’ pain: “Where to go now at this age?”
A 70 year old elderly voter said, “We have been voting in the same school for the last 15 years. This time suddenly we are being told that your booth has been shifted 2 kilometers away. In this heat and crowd, where will we go to find a new booth?”
administration side
Election officials say that rationalization of some centers was done for smooth voting. However, he acknowledged that lack of information has caused some problems. The administration is now trying to give correct information to the voters through loudspeakers and mobile vans.
Key Highlights:
of jamshedpur Mango Municipal Corporation Most confusion in.
By changing booth without notice voting percentage Fear of impact.
senior citizens suffered the most physical and mental problems.
Local people have expressed their anger on social media regarding the election management.
