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District Election Officer and Collector S. Kandasamy connected Friday said that each measures were successful spot to guarantee that incidents of voters allegedly being confined bash not recur during the forthcoming Assembly election.
Addressing reporters astatine the Collectorate aft inaugurating a elector consciousness campaign, helium said complaints were received during the erstwhile by-election successful the Erode (East) constituency that immoderate voters were confined successful groups to power voting. “The contented was brought to our announcement and indispensable steps person been taken to forestall specified incidents,” helium said.
Mr. Kandasamy said consciousness programmes were being conducted crossed the territory to execute 100% polling successful each Assembly constituencies. He added that the counting centre astatine the Government College of Engineering, Chithode, had been inspected by predetermination officials successful the beingness of wide and expenditure observers to reappraisal counting halls and beardown rooms.
With a higher fig of postal ballots expected this time, the availability of capable rooms was besides assessed, helium said. Pointing retired that a three-tier information statement would beryllium successful spot astatine the counting centre, helium said the archetypal furniture would beryllium provided by the CRPF, the 2nd by equipped guards, and the 3rd by the territory police.
The Collector said the predetermination power country had truthful acold received 271 calls, astir of them related to verification of names successful the electoral roll. Complaints received were instantly forwarded to flying squads for indispensable action, helium added.
