Single individual votes 76 times in Churchandpur district
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 19, 2012:
Literally putting all sorts of election malpractices to shame, it has been found that a single individual cast votes 76 times in Churachandur district.
In the meantime, complaints against election malpractices continue to pour in.
So far, the Election Commission of India has received more than 500 complaints.
A reliable source informed that the record-breaking feat of casting 76 votes by a single person was detected in the course of the photo comparison work being conducted by election officials.
The particular person who voted 76 times is a female and she cast the votes in an Assembly segment of Churachandpur district.
However, the source refused the divulge the name of the woman and her Assembly constituency saying that it would be too early at the moment.
Election malpractices including proxy voting in a single booth or multiple booths are being checked by using a special computer software and its reports being sent to the ECI on daily basis.
In the meantime, political parties, candidates and their agents have been complaining to the ECI about election malpractices in different polling station.
The ECI has received complaints concerning all polling stations of the two ACs of Chandel district.