Muscat – The voting process, which started at 8 am and will continue until 7 pm Oman local time.
The Ministry of Interior stated that the current electoral process is witnessing a tangible qualitative shift in the electoral process, with the launch of the second version of the ‘Intakhib’ application.

The Ministry explained that new improvements and updates have been made to the voting application, such as the audio reading feature for people with visual disabilities – through voice guidance for all stages of voting and candidate selection, and the sign language feature, which will be optionally available to people with hearing disabilities.

The application is characterized by an easy and simple user interface and a high level of security using the latest technologies in the field of encryption. The voter’s data will be verified in three basic steps, which are photographing the original ID card, reading the personal card data via the NFC feature and taking a personal photo of the voter.

Voting takes place in easy and simple steps, where the voter takes a photo of the ID card from both sides and then places the original chip of the card next to the phone to read the data. Then the voter takes a personal photo of himself, after which a list of photos of the candidates will appear to vote their favourite candidate, followed by a confirmation button.