{"id":48364,"date":"2018-11-01T17:58:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T17:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=48364"},"modified":"2018-11-01T17:58:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T17:58:34","slug":"bangladesh-to-use-electronic-voting-machines-in-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/bangladesh-to-use-electronic-voting-machines-in-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh to use electronic voting machines in polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-48365\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EVM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"520\" \/>Bangladeshi president on Wednesday gave a go ahead to the use of electronic voting machines, first time in the country\u2019s history, for the next general elections to be held in December this year, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Abdul Hamid promulgated the ordinance of the amendment to the Representation of the People Order with provision of using electronic voting machines in the elections, said Bdnews24, a local online news agency.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"alignleft quote-simple \"><p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script> <!-- Automatic size Responsive --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1234237307185872\" data-ad-slot=\"7381563475\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins> <script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hamid\u2019s move came a day before his scheduled meeting with the election commission officials to discuss issues pertaining to parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Opposition parties are opposing the use of machines, saying the government took sudden decision for \u201cdigital corruption\u201d in the polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Md Joynal Abedin, president\u2019s press secretary, told the news agency that the country\u2019s Law Ministry will issue a gazette notification on the ordinance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Cabinet Secretary Md Shafiul Alam had said \u201cthe amendment would be issued in the form of an ordinance as there was not enough time to push it through parliament ahead of the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/bangladesh-to-use-electronic-voting-machines-in-polls\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangladeshi president on Wednesday gave a go ahead to the use of electronic voting machines, first time in the country\u2019s history, for the next general elections to be held in December this year, local media reported. 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