Voters' details to be on website

Voters will be able to know their voter numbers and polling stations over a week before the polling day of Narayanganj-5 by-election scheduled for June 26 as the Election Commission has decided to upload this information on its website.
“We will introduce a new link on our website. Voters will have to login with the link using their national ID card numbers. Then, they will see their names, voter numbers and polling stations,” Motiar Rahman, deputy secretary of the EC secretariat, told The Daily Star.
The decision was made at a commission meeting at its secretariat yesterday, said EC officials.
  “In many cases, we see people suffer or face harassment finding out their voter numbers and polling stations. The new system will ease their sufferings,” Motiar said.

Besides, voter names and numbers of every ward of union parishads and municipalities under the Narayanganj-5 constituency will be available on the link.
If the new system finds a desired success, it will be introduced in other polls in future, said EC officials.
Voters can know their voter numbers and polling stations through SMS as well.
The parliamentary constituency fell vacant as its Jatiya Party lawmaker Nasim Osman died on April 30.
Four candidates, including Nagorik Oikkyo adviser SM Akram, also former convener of Narayanganj district unit Awami League, and Selim Osman of Jatiya Party, are contesting the polls.
Uniform Electoral Code of Conduct      The EC is planning to formulate a uniform electoral code of conduct for candidates of all kinds of elections.
Currently, separate electoral codes of conduct exist for national elections and other local government polls like upazila, city corporation, municipality and union parishad.
The plan is in its initial stage. It needs huge discussions and scrutiny before forward steps can be taken, an election commissioner told The Daily Star.