Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda’s fingerprint didn’t match in the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) when he went to cast his vote on Saturday (Feb 1).

The election commission chief had to cast his vote with his national identification (NID) number after the EVM at IES School and College centre at Uttara.

Assistant Presiding Officer Siddiqa Bulbul said that fingerprints of both his thumbs were scanned in the EVM but it didn’t match.

CEC Huda said that if anyone’s fingerprint does not match then there are other ways for the people to cast their vote.

The CEC isn’t the first to hit the snag while trying to cast his vote digitally. Incidents of machines hitting technical glitches including fingerprints not matching and the paper to print the audit card getting stuck has been reported from Mohammadpur and wards 24, 25 and 26 so far.

Despite facing difficulties himself, CEC Huda said people have expressed their satisfaction in using EVMs.

“I have visited one polling centre near my house. I have seen that the people are happy with EVMs and can use it easily. However, the voter turnout was lower than expected,” he told the media after exercising his franchise.

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