EC to deploy unified IT architecture to help stakeholders, minimise human error

The Election commission signalled to the CEOs that a renewed energy be channeled into strengthening communication at CEO and DEO levels for quick response to misinformation and local issues within their domain. File
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Amid claims by the Opposition parties over anomalies in voter lists, the Election Commission (EC) has decided to deploy a unified Information Technology architecture with a customised dashboard to facilitate different stakeholders and minimise human error.

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The single window platform would streamline input and output flow of information with role-based access. This will smoothen communication between the functionaries with in-built cross verification to minimise any human error, the EC said after a two-day conference of Chief Electoral Officers of States and Union Territories.

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Among the key deliverables arrived at, at the end of the conference in New Delhi, were animated video, audio book, e-book and an integrated dashboard for each of the identified 28 stakeholders as per existing statutory framework and EC instructions issued from time to time.

Animated videos

“Adopting a modern approach to capacity building, a capsule of animated videos will be produced for each stakeholder, comprehensively covering all aspects of elections related to them. These animated videos will be a handy way for each stakeholder for self-paced continuous learning,” the poll body said in a statement.

With an aim to deploy technology to bring in system efficiencies in elections, it was decided that a unified IT architecture with a customised dashboard would be devised to facilitate different stakeholders.

The commission also signalled to the CEOs that a renewed energy be channeled into strengthening communication at CEO and DEO levels for quick response to misinformation and local issues within their domain.

The EC has been plagued in recent weeks by allegations made by the Trinamool Congress of duplicate voter ID numbers being issued in West Bengal and discrepancies in electoral rolls in Maharashtra made by the Congress.