NEW DELHI: While political alliances are yet to firm up for 2014 polls, the Election Commission
(EC) has already entered a key partnership with US-based internet
giant, Google, to help it manage online voter registration and
facilitation services ahead of the democratic exercise. Over the next
six months, Google will offer EC its resources, including its search
engine, to enable voters to check their enrolment status online and
locate their polling station, complete with directions using Google
Maps.
The "arrangement" between EC and Google is learnt to have been clinched late this month, and is expected to be "operational" by the second week of January. As part of the partnership, Google will put its worldwide network and resources at the Commission's disposal until June 2014 to help it manage online registration of new voters and allow the enrolled ones to check the address at which they are registered, and get directions to the polling station. With the new rolls with reference to January 1, 2014, slated to be out by January 6, the voters' queries on the Commission website are likely to be managed by Google starting from the second week of January.
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The "arrangement" between EC and Google is learnt to have been clinched late this month, and is expected to be "operational" by the second week of January. As part of the partnership, Google will put its worldwide network and resources at the Commission's disposal until June 2014 to help it manage online registration of new voters and allow the enrolled ones to check the address at which they are registered, and get directions to the polling station. With the new rolls with reference to January 1, 2014, slated to be out by January 6, the voters' queries on the Commission website are likely to be managed by Google starting from the second week of January.
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