Mysuru: Even as public campaigning for May 12 elections coming to close at 6 pm today and just a day remaining for voting, the District Administration and Election Commission are preparing for the counting day on May 15. All the logistics — from the transportation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Control Units and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) machines from the booths to the counting centres to the preparations at the counting centres, security and other related aspects — have been worked out and are being implemented in full swing. Usually, the JSS College on Ooty Road and the Maharani’s College on JLB Road were used to count votes. This year, however, the administration has chosen the newly-built Maharani’s College of Commerce and Management at Paduvarahalli and the NIE Institute of Technology (NIEIT) at Koorgalli as counting centres. The change comes in the wake of high-profile and high-stake battles that is being witnessed this time.
