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Raj bypolls: EVMs to have candidates' picture

Jaipur: The Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the bypolls will have photographs of candidates contesting elections, Rajasthan's chief election officer said on Friday.
The by-polls are due on January 29 in Ajmer and Alwar parliamentary and Mandalgarh assembly seats.
And though the same procedure was followed in the Dholpur assembly by-poll in Rajasthan last year, according to the chief election officer, this time it will be done for the very first time in any Lok Sabha elections.
"The arrangement was made to make sure there was no confusion on candidates with similar names contesting the election," Rajasthan's Chief Election Officer Ashwani Bhagat said.
Under the new system, a 2.5 cm size photograph of the candidate contesting will be displayed on the EVM.
The EVM will have the name of the candidate, photo and the election symbol. However, for NOTA option the space for the photo will be left blank.

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