MZ-POLL-QUEUELESS(COR)

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.

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