Lok Sabha elections 2019: Google Doodle celebrates polls | lok sabha elections

Google once again recognized the ongoing mega poll exercise in India with a doodle that featured an inked finger, which when clicked led users to a page explaining the voting procedure.

The search engine giant had taken note of the Lok Sabha election 2019 on April 11 also, the phase 1 of the seven-phase elections, with a similar doodle.

This doodle’s reach was only for India where the world’s largest democratic exercise in underway.

The interactive doodle page contained information to help the first-time voters in the country. It has topics such as how to vote, how to indetify a polling booth etc.

Voting for the 543 Lok Sabha seats is being held in seven phases: April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. Counting would take place on May 23.

Ninety-one Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 states and two Union Territories voted in the first-phase on April 11.

On April 18, 95 seats across 11 states and one UT are voting.

The doodle explains the voting process at a polling booth and also gave several details:

*First polling official will check your name on the voter list and check your ID proof

*Second polling official will ink your finger, give you a slip and take your signature on a register (Form 17A)

*You will have to deposit the slip at the third polling official and show your inked finger and then proceed to the polling booth

*Record your vote by pressing the ballot button opposite the symbol of the candidate of your choice on the EVM; You will hear a beep sound

*Check the slip that appears in the transparent window of the VVPAT machine. The slip with the Candidate serial No., Name and Symbol shall be visible for 7 seconds before it drops in the sealed VVPAT box

*You can press NOTA, None of the Above, if you don’t like any candidate; it’s the last button on the EVM

Conversation opened. 1 read message.Skip to contentUsing HT Digital Mail with screen readersbhavneet 8 of about 146Coverage plan | Phase 2 of votingInboxxBhavneet Singh Aurora via htmedia.onmicrosoft.com Attachments12:24 AM (7 hours ago)to realtime, NilanjanaTranslate messageTurn off for: IndonesianHi,Below is the coverage plan:===========================================================SEO recommendations are in, please follow those. mail from Deepika Rai at 4.58 pm yesterday6 AM:Live blog to publish with headline: Lok sabha election 2019 phase 2 voting live updatesOnce published headline to change to:Lok Sabha elections Phase 2 LIVE Updates: Voting on 95 seats in phase 2 to begin shortlyAt 7 am, headline should change to: Lok Sabha elections Phase 2 LIVE Updates: Voting on 95 seats in phase 2 beginsSend live blog link to SEO as soon as it is publishedALERT AT 7 AM (WITH LIVE COPY)Voting begins in 95 seats in round 2 of Lok Sabha elections; Odisha also votes for new assembly | UpdatesAlert at 7.30 AM (PUSH WITH HEADER: Phase 2 of jumbo poll exercise underway today, here’s a look at the key contests) // published // https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/the-hot-seats-of-2019-lok-sabha-elections-phase-2/story-FSat5DxGPQH4EyoHSRDu8N.html—————————————Print: Flap lead can be curtain raiserHeadline for wrap that will become lead at 6am:Lok Sabha polls: Voting in phase 2 today, holds key to opposition plansAt 7 am, with suitable changes to intro, it will change to:Lok Sabha polls: Voting in phase 2 begins, holds key to opposition plans(publish and take as lead at 6 am/can send deep link around 7.30 am)This copy should be replaced by 830 am or so with latest wrap.————————————— Statewise stories are ready (some published, others to be published at half hour durations starting 3am onwards // please save links and mail those out separately):1.Constituency profiles of all 95 constituencies – Published2. Stats from 13 states/UT going to polls — Published3. Key contests –published4. Overall wrap from print5. All you need to know about phase two with hypher links to all seats- (in methode ready // needs hyper linking for states whose stories are not published in below list)6. Odisha Assembly curtainraiser, to be published :Naveen Patnaik’s both seats will vote tomorrow7. Curtainraisers for all states done. 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(Karnataka)Political heat rises in northern hill seats (Bengal)Will citizenship bill row hurt the NDA? (Assam/Bengal) (can be sent as deep link)Big test for Naveen as focus shifts to western Odisha3-tier security ahead of polling in Srinagar (USE AS STATE COPY)Parties face changing caste allegiances (Chhattisgarh)Long-running drought and farm crisis are main election issues (Maharashtra) (can be sent as deep link)BJP looks to retain key heartland seats (UP)Test for RJD-Cong to ensure vote consolidation (Bihar)Do remember, there are KBK graphics as well as the table code (attached) that needs to be embedded in all phase 2 stories——————-Who does what:Shatabdi: Shifthead + alerts + competition mappingSusmita: Liveblog // foreign agencies + filingKirti: Agencies: PTI/IANS/ANI + filingKanishka (to come in at 10): Take over LiveblogMayur: First push + competition mapping + alertsGargi: Main copy + alerts // Aloke to take over main copy once he’s in Meenakshi: First push + editing copiesPrabhash: Copies + first pushAnubha/Nandini: Print to WebEvening shift: Bhavneet (1pm), Niyati, Prashasti, SohiniAttachments area

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Apr 18, 2021 08:16 IST