Marker pens to be replaced indeligible inks bottles from next elections

Marker pens to be replaced indeligible inks bottles from next elections

Mysuru: From next election in state, marker pens will replace traditional indelible ink at polling booths. Started in 1962, the traditional bottles and brush of indelible ink was used for by-election for Nanjangud and Gundlupet- the last time before the bottle and brush goes into the pages of history.

For Nanjangud and Gundlupet by-election held on Sunday, the Mysuru Paints and Varnish Limited supplied 1100 bottles of indelible ink each measuring 10ml of ink. From each bottle which cost Rs 142, the ink can be applied to nearly 1500 people. Indelible ink is used to mark voter's fingers during polling to avoid fraudulent, multiple voting and other malpractices.