Manual vote tally impossible in CUCSU, says chief election commissioner

Chattogram University Central Students’ Union (CUCSU) Chief Election Commissioner Monir Uddin has said counting votes by hand is impossible. Indicating a policy decision in favour of machine counting, he said on Wednesday that manual tallying would not be feasible, as each student is set to cast 40 votes. Monir noted that discussions had been held with institutions experienced in handling OMR sheets during admission tests. “Answer scripts in admission exams are processed by machines, and there is no crisis of trust there. Why should there be any here?” he asked. Claiming that the commission is working “without pressure”, he said: “We have no agenda. We are performing a constitutional duty, so there is no question of pressure.” This election holds...