Ballot printing process didn't affect fairness of DUCSU polls, says VC Niaz

The printing place of ballots and their lack of numbering did not “impact” the Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) elections, according to Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Niaz Ahmad Khan. Speaking at a media briefing on Sunday, he stressed that the ballot printing process involved multiple layers of checks that ensured due diligence. "It is clearly understood that neither of these factors affected the fairness of the election in any way because several steps are necessary to fully prepare the ballot papers for voting. After printing, the ballots must be cut to size," he said. "Then it has to be prepared as machine-readable by applying a security code and pre-scanning it on the OMR machine. Only after this, with the seal...