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This is an archive article published on November 29, 2008

Delhi Polls: A day of EVMs and mobile phones

The EVMs were the rage in Khanjawla village in north-west Delhi where many voters were using the e-way to cast their votes for the first time.

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The EVMs were the rage in Khanjawla village in north-west Delhi where many voters were using the e-way to cast their votes for the first time.

“I am more curious about how to use the voting machine. This is first time I am using it,” Sujno Devi said.

“This is amazing. The manual method is now gone,” Ram Niwas, another voter said.

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In a polling booth in R K Puram, presiding officers were seen helping senior citizens to cast their votes in EVMs.

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It seems to be a deep-rooted sense of democratic right which brought visually challenged Mian Navi Khan (75) to the Jafarabad polling booth.

75-year-old Khan, who lost eyesight ten years ago after a cataract surgery, guided his grandson to push a button of his choice on the EVM.

“It is my right to vote and elect a leader,” he said.

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The Election Commission has introduced braille option to cast vote, but Khan could not avail the facility as he was not a braille literate.

Same was the case with Devendra Kumar of Inder Park.

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A couple could not go together inside the polling station because of mobile phones ! The couple, who had their vote at Dargah school booth in Mehrauli constituency, were denied entry together as Election Commission guidelines don’t allow anyone inside the polling booths with mobile phones.

The solution — the wife had to wait outside the polling station with the phones till husband returned casting his vote. Then come wife’s turn.

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