Ahmedabad: State Election Commission (SEC) a
watchdog for elections in local bodies is working on
introducing voting through SMS or internet in municipal and
panchayat elections, Election Commissioner said today.
"We have suggested the concept of voting by SMS and
through internet to the state government," Election
Commissioner (Gujarat) K C Kapoor told PTI today.
"Though it is at a discussion stage but we are very
serious about it. We have suggested to the government that
once we get the go ahead signal, a task force comprising of
experts from the state and outside and government officials
would be set up," he said.
"This task force would then deliberate on the details
of this concept and the IT infrastructure needed for the
online voting system. We have also suggested some names for
the task force, now the final approval of the state government
was awaited," Kapoor said.
"Some local body elections are to be held by the end of
2010, we hope that the system could be implemented by that
time," he said.
He said that the basic plan for the system was ready
but fine details are yet to be chalked out.
Kapoor said when countries like US and UK could use
online voting during their elections why can`t we.
PTI
