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ECI lists out steps for ensuring free and fair polls

The Election Commission of India (ECI) will make use of a mobile app to check impersonation of Absentee, Shifted, and Dead (ASD) voters during the upcoming polls.

The agency informed the Kerala High Court about the preparations it had undertaken for the conduct of polls in response to a petition filed by Varkala Kahar, chief election agent of Adoor Prakash, the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate of the Attingal constituency.

Mr. Kahar had approached the court by stating that a large number of double entries had found place in the electoral roll.

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