Kathmandu, May 3
The Election Commission is preparing to monitor vote counting with CCTV cameras to avoid any dispute during the count during the local elections this year.
In the previous elections in 2017, the commission had covered the counting hall with nets to bar candidates and their representatives from any undesirable interference.
But this time, as most of the counting places are connected to the internet, the commission’s central office will monitor the count from Kathmandu itself.
The commission has already issued a circular to all the election offices across the country to instal CCTV cameras at all counting places.
Providing security to vote counting is considered a key challenge in Nepal’s election process as some ballot papers were torn by political cadres in Bharatpur of Chitwan in 2017.
