• The Election Commission launched an Android-based mobile application named “cVigil” for citizens to share proof of malpractices by political parties, their candidates and activists when the Model Code of Conduct is in force.

• The mobile application also facilitates sharing of geo-tagged photographic and video evidence without disclosing the identity of the sender.

• The uploaded information will be transmitted to the control room, and from there the field units or flying squads, mapped on a Geographic Information System, will be immediately alerted for further action.

• In case the complainant does not opt for anonymity, the person will also receive an action-taken report within about 100 minutes.

• The application, whose Beta version has now been released, will be made available for use during the four State Assembly elections scheduled for later this year.

• The mobile application, for which EC officials will be trained for effective back-end operations and action against the malpractices reported ahead of the elections, was launched against the backdrop of the inauguration of a two-day national consultation programme on “Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the Electoral Process.”
• EC has also launched a voter education and electoral participation portal, which has an entire section dedicated to PwDs.

The Hindu