Several voters at Khulna City Corporation (KCC) polls have expressed their satisfaction with the use of electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
One voter, Mojammel Haque, said it took him 20 seconds to cast his vote through EVM at National Girls High School centre in ward no 18.
Another voter, Marufa Begum, said: “This is the first time I used EVM. It took five minutes, as I had to understand it first. However, the environment at the polling centre was good.”
Latifa Begum, a voter at the National Government Primary School centre in ward no 19, said that she voted for the second time through EVM. “There was no problem.”
Sheikh Abu Daud, another voter of the same centre, said that voting via EVMs went smoothly.
A total of 94 votes were cast in the first hour at the National Government Primary School centre in ward no 19, which is 5.51% of the total voters of the ward, said Presiding Officer Niloy Mollik.
Voting for the 31 wards of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) polls began at 8am on Monday.
The voting will take place via electronic voting machines (EVMs) at 289 centres till 4pm.
A total of 2,320 CCTV cameras have been installed both inside and outside 1,732 polling booths.
As many as 535,522 voters, including 268,828 male and 266,698 female, will cast their votes in the KCC polls.