The superintendence, direction and control of preparation of voters list and conduct of election to the Local Self Government Institution vest with the Kerala State Election Commission.   Kerala is the acknowledged leader in the   country in empowerment of Panchayati Raj and Nagar Palika Institutions.   In accordance with the letter and spirit of the 73^rd and 74^th amendments to the Indian Constitution, it has devolved substantial responsibilities to its local government along with the funds and functionaries required to discharge them.   The hallmark of Kerala's decentralization is participatory planning, by which people decide their own priorities locally which are then transformed into projects by the local governments and implemented by them.  The State Election Commissioner has several unique powers including powers to conduct local government elections including disciplinary powers over staff, who are on election duty.  Naturally,  in such a context  the State has strengthened independent institutions of which the State Election Commission is the best example. eDROP is an acronym for electronically Deploying  Randomly  Officers for Polling duty.eDROP is the official software solution of Kerala State Election Commission for deploying officers for polling duty with the technical help of NIC.The project provides a web based solution for all matters related to posting of officials for election duty. The System randomly mixes all data and assigns the officials for polling duty against each polling station. Nearly three lakhs employees were posted for election to local self government during 2010 using eDROP.