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Karnataka poll: Voting time advanced by an
hour
Tuesday April 09, 2013 08:33:23 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore: The
Election Commission Tuesday announced it was advancing the start
of balloting time for the May 5 Karnataka assembly poll by an hour
in view of the summer heat.
The booths will now open at 7 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. and close by
5 p.m., Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath told reporters
here.
All political parties in the state Monday met Sampath and Election
Commissioners H.S. Brahma and S.N.A. Zaidi and requested that the
balloting time be advanced in view of the intense heat in May,
which is the peak summer month in the state.
Several parts of north Karnataka are already sizzling at around 40
degrees Celsius and even Bangalore has been suffering intense heat
with maximum temperature hovering around 36 degrees Celsius.
Sampath said parties were also permitted to provide drinking water
to voters near polling booths.
Sampath and the two election commissioners, who arrived here
Monday on a two-day visit to review poll preparation, said though
the election commission itself would be distributing voter slips
to all voters this time. Political parties can also do so near
polling booths as has been the practice all these years.
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