Today, May 16 was Voting Day in TN and Jawahar Bal Bhavan on Luz Avenue 5th Street, Mylapore was a bustling place today as polling booths - numbers 64, 65, 66 and 67 were set up here.
An enthusiastic young voter comes in ready with his voting slip in hand. As he enters, the police men and women on duty guide him to the booth allocated to him along with some advice on how to vote, etc.
This procedure is followed for all voters.
Shamianas were put in front of the booths to provide shade to the voters.
There is also a notice showing new, inexperienced voters how to vote using the EVM (Electronic Voting Machine).
Outside the booth, a woman in her 50s said says the voting procedure has definitely improved and is much faster compared to last time, when it took her 2 hours to simply cast her vote.
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