ECI Develops Prototype to Enable Remote Voting for Domestic Migrants; All-party Meeting Called on Jan 16

The Election Commission of India is ready to pilot remote voting for domestic migrant voters and students so they need not travel to their home states to vote. The ECI had developed a prototype, the Multi-Constituency Remote Voting Machine and has called an all-party meeting on January 16 to demonstrate the technology. “The migrant voter would thus need not travel back to his/her home district to exercise his/her franchise of voting,” the statement said. “The commission has begun programmes to address urban and youth apathy…this domestic migrants.” The ECI has asked political parties to submit feedback related to changes that would be required in legislation and administrative procedures to enable remote voting by January 31. “Based on the feedback received from various stakeholders and demonstration of the prototype, the Commission will appropriately carry forward the process of implementing remote voting method,” the statement said.