Voters cannot take their mobile phones inside the polling booths while casting their votes, Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo said in Chennai on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Sahoo said that the Election Commission had made it clear which officers could carry their mobile phones. The rules did not allow all polling staff to keep their phones, he said. “Within the polling booth, even cameras and cell phones are not allowed. It is clear...Voters also cannot take their mobile phones [into the booths],” he said.
Replying to a query on the public and tourists being put to hardship by officials while enforcing the Model Code of Conduct, Mr. Sahoo said: “We are very much aware. We are issuing instructions to look into it.”
