Shillong, Jan 18: As many as 193 polling stations will be brought under webcasting for the first time in the state to ensure fair and free elections.
“We have identified 193 polling stations which will have direct webcasting to be visible at the Chief Electoral Officer or District Electoral Officer and the Election Commission of India,” Kharkongor told reporters.
Meghalaya will go to polls on February 27 and counting of votes on March 3
Kharkongor said, “This is another layer of monitoring and poll supervision to see whether poll officials are doing their work and voters are allowed to exercise their franchise in a free, fair and transparent manner.”
Kharkongor said 60 pink polling booths (women polling stations) one each in all the 60 constituencies would be set up to empower women and increase their participation in the poll process.
“These 60 all-women polling stations will be manned by women polling officers keeping in mind that we are a state which is always been very gender sensitive,” he said.
There are 3,082 polling booths in Meghalaya, and of the total of 18.30 lakh voters, the number of women voters is 9.23 lakh.
Although, no one from the third gender has come forward to register in the revised electoral rolls, Kharkongor said that 86,890 first-timers between the age of 18 and 19, were registered in these rolls.
Besides, 2,174 people with disabilities were registered in the final rolls.
He said there are 133 millennial voters in Meghalaya, who were born on January1, 2000.
