<span style="color: #222222;">In Uttarakhand, the counting of votes will begin at 8 am tomorrow for all 70 state assembly seats spread over 13 districts. Chief Electoral Officer of the state Saujanya said that all preparations have been made for the counting tomorrow. Ms. Saujanya said that counting will begin at 8 am at all district headquarters. <br />''<br />''For each assembly constituency, three halls have been prepared, two for counting of EVMs and one for counting of postal ballots. As per officials, all strong rooms are under 3-cordon security provided by both the state armed Police and the Central forces,  according to the rules prescribed by the Election Commission of India. Counting of Postal Ballots will begin first, while the counting of EVMs will start from 8.30 am and after that, both countings will take place simultaneously throughout the day. <br />''<br />''After the counting of ETPBS through scanning of QR codes, the ETPBS will be shifted with normal postal ballots. Each counting table will have a counting supervisor and an Assistant Returning Officer. In view of Covid, sanitizers, masks, gloves, etc for poll personnel will be provided to each counting centre. Counting agents would be required to be fully vaccinated or have a negative RT-PCR report.</span><br />