Maharashtra Assembly election: Administration expects 65-70% polling in Nagpur
* Booth-level Officers to distribute voter slips from today * Eight constituencies to have two EVMs at each polling station as number of candidates is above 16 Staff Reporter To increase polling percentage to the expected level of 65 to 70 per cent during Legislative Assembly elections scheduled for October 15, the district administration is taking several measures including voter awareness drive and distribution of voter slips. A special drive for distribution of voter slips is being taken up between October 3 and 10, informed Abhishek Krishna, District Collector and District Election Officer. “Already, we have distributed voter slips to Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in all 12 Assembly constituencies in the district. They have been asked to distribute the slips to voters in respective areas till October 10,” said Abhishek Krishna while addressing a press conference here on Thursday evening. All political parties and candidates have been informed in this regard and they a...