Last week, the SC issued notice to the EC on an application filed by NGO Association of Democratic Reforms to publish the absolute number of votes of all polling stations in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The NGO also demanded that the ECI should disclose on its website the number of votes polled within 48 hours of polling.
Speaking to this newspaper, Jagdeep S Chhokar, founder of ADR said that he is eagerly waiting for the SC hearing on the 24. "In our application, we sought a direction to the EC to upload scanned copies of Form 17C, which records the number of votes polled in a booth, soon after the elections.
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