According to the Bihar Election Commission, this is a pilot project, the success of which can open up the possibilities for expanding the e-voting system across the country.

While several countries around the world have adopted e-voting over the years – a system which is widely considered to reduce counting errors and ballot tampering – certain concerns still remain.

Ahead of the state polls, Bihar is all set to become the first state in the country to adopt voting via mobile phone, State Election Commissioner Deepak Prasad informed on Friday. His announcement ...