MZ-POLL-QUEUELESS COR

Civil society pulls off queue-less voting in booth in Mizoram
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    Aizawl, Dec 2 (PTI) A civil society at Project Veng
locality in Kolasib town near here has claimed that they
managed to avoid long queues, which causes inconvenience to
voters, during the Mizoram Assembly elections on November 28.
    The exercise, called 'Zero-Waiting' or 'Queue-less',
was a grand success due to the coordinated efforts of the
voters, the vice president of the local branch of the Young
Mizo Association (YMA), Lalthlana Ngente, said.
    The exercise was carried out at the Project Veng
locality polling booth near Mizoram-Assam border, Ngente said.
    The YMA had sought permission from the election
department about the programme and got a green signal, Ngente
added.
    The YMA leaders divided all 966 registered voters into
groups of 60 people in accordance with the enrolment in the
voters' list, Ngente said, adding that each group was allotted
half an hour as voting time.
    The group of voters were notified through public
address system and they were asked to reach the polling
station at least 15 minutes before their allotted polling time
started, Ngente explained.
    The voters did not have to stand in queues, the YMA
leader said.
    Therefore no political party workers could approach
them and give them money to purchase their votes, Ngente said.
    Over 80 per cent of the voters in the polling station
exercised their franchise and the voting process was over by 3
pm, the YMA leader added. PTI HCV NN
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