Chennai, May 1 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has introduced a QR code-based Photo Identity Card (PIC) module on ECINET to eliminate entry of any unauthorised persons into the counting centres.
The counting of votes polled in the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections to constitute a new 234-member House would be taken up on May four at 62 centres across the State, including three in Chennai, where the EVMs, in which the fate of 4,032 candidates, including 443 women, were sealed and kept in strong roomsTamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Ms Archana Patnaik said this QR code-based Photo Identity Card module, introduced for the first time in this elections to Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the union Territory of Puduche...