The Election Commission of India (EC), in a bid to ensure an all-inclusive election process has proposed the idea of remote voting. Remote voting has been enabled to ensure that all inter- state migrants are able to cast their votes seamlessly. This process will be carried out via an RVM (Remote Voting Machine), also called a multi-constituency RVM.  A proposal for this was sent out to all recognized eight National and 57 State political parties by the EC on 28th January 2022 where they are requested to attend the demonstration of the prototype on January 16th 2023. Comments and feedback on the same is expected by 31st January 2023. On the basis of the feedback from party representatives and stakeholders, EC will carry out the necessary processes to implement the remote voting process.  What does the proposal entail and why do we need remote voting? Observing the voter t

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