The Election Commission on Sunday announced its decision to implement 17 new initiatives to ensure that the upcoming Bihar elections are conducted smoothly. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said that all these initiatives will be implemented across the country.

"Seventeen new initiatives have been successfully implemented in Bihar; some will be implemented in the conduct of elections, and some in counting," he said.

He added, "Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are responsible for preparing the voter list. In Bihar, there is an ERO in each of the 243 assembly constituencies. Together, they, along with 243 EROs and 90,207 BLOs, completed the task of cleansing the voter list after nearly 22 years."

Kumar also spoke about changes to the ballot paper, saying it will now feature

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