<p>Curious suggestions came before the 1967 polls on bringing down campaign expenses. </p>.<p>One of them was that the Election Commission (EC) should prepare posters with names of all candidates and display them at suitable places in each seat. </p>.<p>Another was that the EC should print a pamphlet containing the manifestos of all parties and send it to voters. </p>.<p>Both the suggestions were binned by the EC, which felt that these would be an “enormous and wasteful expense” which would not reduce candidates’ expenses.</p>
<p>Curious suggestions came before the 1967 polls on bringing down campaign expenses. </p>.<p>One of them was that the Election Commission (EC) should prepare posters with names of all candidates and display them at suitable places in each seat. </p>.<p>Another was that the EC should print a pamphlet containing the manifestos of all parties and send it to voters. </p>.<p>Both the suggestions were binned by the EC, which felt that these would be an “enormous and wasteful expense” which would not reduce candidates’ expenses.</p>
