EC made Special Arrangements for Karnataka Assembly Elections

Bengaluru, As we know that, Karnataka Assembly Elections are begun at 222 constituencies today at 7 AM.

In this Regard, Election Commision has taken many innovative arrangements to woo the voters. Mainly the polling booths are arranged perfectly to grab the voters.

This year's elections have seen a number of initiatives taken up by Election Commission as it hopes to at least reach 75 percent of polling.

# Pink Polling Booths(Sakhi): Around 450 pink polling booths will be set up in different polling stations across Karnataka, EC said in a press note. The polling stations will be managed by female staff, female electoral officers, female polling officers, micro observers, and security personnel.

# Ethnic booths:

Around 28 polling booths in Mysuru, Chamrajnagar and Uttara Kannada districts will be ethnic polling stations. These polling stations will be built according to the local style of the tribal communities and will resemble their hamlets.

# For Specially-abled Persons:

EC is also setting up equipment to facilitate specially-abled voters. Every polling station will be equipped with wheelchairs, temporary or permanent ramps, and magnifying glasses. Personnel will be deployed to exclusively aid the specially abled voters.

#Election Anthem:

This is the first time that an anthem has been introduced in the state. The video for the anthem was directed by film director Yogaraj Bhat.

#Photos of candidates:

This time, the candidates' photos can be seen in the electronic voting machines (EVM) along with the names of the candidates and the parties. Through this initiative, the EC hopes to do away with confusion over multiple candidates with the same names.

#M3 EVM:

The EC is using third generation voting machines today. These M3 machines are said to be tamperproof and capable of halting all operations if anybody tries to fiddle with them. More than any other feature, the latest machines are capable of diagnosing the problems all by themselves.