Bihar becomes 1st state to adopt e-voting system for urban polls

National desk:

Bihar State Election Commission has decided to roll out an e-voting system using an Android-based mobile. Bihar will be the country’s first state to adopt this revolutionary change in the voting process. Talking to Akashvani News, State Election Commissioner Deepak Prasad said the initiative will start with the upcoming municipal and urban body polls scheduled on 28th June in the state. Mr Prasad said the entire e-voting process will be executed through two mobile apps, namely “e-Voting SECBHR”, one developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and another by the Bihar State Election Commission.