India
oi-Vicky Nanjappa
New Delhi, Sep 25: The Bihar Elections 2020 dates are being announced by the Election Commission of India, which said that it would be held in three phases. With this the model code and conduct has come into force with immediate effect.
The ECI said that the number of voters per polling station has been cut to 1,000 to facilitate social distancing. This will raise the number of polling stations of over 1 lakh in 2020 from 65,337 in the 2015 polls the ECI also said.
The Chief Election Commissioner, Sunil Arora also fixed norms for campaigning and said that not more than five including the candidate can go to homes. The commission said that COVID-19 positive persons under home quarantine or institutional quarantine can cast their votes at the last hour of the poll day by the postal…