{"id":11144,"date":"2026-05-01T08:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/election-commision-mandates-qr-verification-at-counting-halls-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T08:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:15:27","slug":"election-commision-mandates-qr-verification-at-counting-halls-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/election-commision-mandates-qr-verification-at-counting-halls-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Commision mandates QR verification at counting halls | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130662523,imgsize-27260,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/untitled-design-8.jpg\" alt=\"Election Commision mandates QR verification at counting halls\" title=\"&lt;p&gt;File photo&lt;\/p&gt;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The EC has introduced a QR code-based verification system to regulate access of persons to counting halls on May 4, the day of poll results. The system will be extended to all future elections to Lok Sabha and state\/UT assemblies.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>As part of counting arrangements on May 4, a three-tier security mechanism has been prescribed for verification of identity at counting centres. At first and second tiers, photo ID cards issued by respective returning officers will be checked manually.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>At the third and innermost security cordon near a counting hall, entry shall be permitted only after successful verification through QR-code scanning.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>New QR code-based photo ID cards will be applicable for different categories of persons authorised by the EC to enter counting centres and halls.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/election-commision-mandates-qr-verification-at-counting-halls\/articleshow\/130662331.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The EC has introduced a QR code-based verification system to regulate access of persons to counting halls on May 4, the day of poll results. The system will be extended to all future elections to Lok Sabha and state\/UT assemblies.As part of counting arrangements on May 4, a three-tier security mechanism has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-country"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}