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In ShortPoll panel to ensure people of storm-hit areas are not deprived of their voting rightsVoters allowed to vote with 'voters' slip' if voter cards are lost or damagedJalpaiguri and nearby town are hit by sudden storm and heavy rain..
The Election Commission of India said that it will ensure that voters of Jalpaiguri town, Maynaguri and other storm-hit areas are not deprived of exercising their democratic rights even if their voter cards and other documents were damaged or lost because of the devastation on Sunday...
People would be allowed to vote with "voters' slip", an official said on Monday.. A voter's slip is a document to identify a voter from information in the published electoral roll of the ECI..
At least five people died and over 200 were rendered homeless, after a sudden storm and heavy rain wreaked havoc in Jalpaiguri town and its surrounding areas on Sunday...
The voters will be allowed to cast their votes using voters' slips," an official of the poll panel told PTI...
