Despite alert, EC yet to weed out bogus and duplicate voters in AP: Study

Vijayawada | Tuesday | 22nd January, 2019

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In fact, it is a scary scenario as duplicate votes have increased by 3%, according to a new study.Sample this. Now, the new electoral rolls show that the number of duplicate and invalid votes has increased by over 6 lakh. Vijayawada: Despite alerting the Election Commission about irregularities and duplications in the Andhra Pradesh electoral rolls on November 2018, the situation has not improved a wee bit. The study finds that there are 20.07 lakh votes identified as duplicate which is 8% more compared to the previous research.These votes are duplicate in more than one way. They submitted a representation urging the EC to address the issue and ensure a fair election in April..