Election Commissioner (EC) Rashida Sultana on Sunday said anybody can’t cast false vote through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), reports BSS.
“A voter can cast only one vote through EVM. The EVM is environment friendly as ballot paper isn’t needed here and huge time will not be required for casting the vote,” she said while talking to the newsmen during her visit for inspecting voter list updating activities at Dighalia upazila in Khulna district.
The main responsibility of the Election Commission is to conduct a free, fair and impartial elections, she said adding that all party will participate to the upcoming general elections under this EC.
“There is no alternative to a correct voter list to hold a free, fair and credible election,” she added.
The Election Commissioner, however, said both the candidates and voters are the heart of any election. Most of the citizens aged above 18 years are eligible to become a voter every year. So, hectic publicity can be interested to youth when they will see their names in the voter list, she asked the official concerned
Regional Election Commissioner Md Humayun Kabir, Senior District Election Officer M Mazharul Islam, Dighalia UNO Md Mahbubul Alam, Senhati Union Parishad Chairman Zia Gazi, Upazila Election Officer Soumen Biswas, among others, were present at that time.
Later, Commissioner Rasheda Sultana symbolically handed over the NID cards to 10 new voters.
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