Ahead of elections, Bhiwani DC stresses revision of electoral rolls

Tribune News Service

Bhiwani, August 3
Preparations for the Assembly elections have begun by the Election Commission of India (ECI), as Bhiwani Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer Mahavir Kaushik said the revision of the photo voter lists in the district had begun on August 2 and would continue till August 16.
Addressing a press conference in Bhiwani today, the DC said the preliminary draft publication of the existing electoral rolls had been carried out on August 2. “Now, any voter can submit claims and objections related to his or her vote till August 16. Under the ongoing special campaign, all booth level officers (BLOs) will remain present at their respective booths on August 4, 10 and 11 from 9 am to 5 pm for the enrolment of new voters and to receive claims and objections from the people, if any. These claims must be settled by August 26. The final publication of voter lists will be done on August 27,” the DC said, adding that officials must ensure there were no errors in the photo voter list. As per the instructions of the ECI, citizens who have completed 18 years of age on July 1 can get themselves registered, he said.
Kaushik said the district administration would make all efforts to ensure an error-free voter list. He said a special campaign for the revision of the list had been launched. He said voters could visit BLOs’ booths and get any kind of error, in their voter cards corrected, including change of place and photo, deletion of name etc. He said it was important for the voter list to have accurate information about the electorate for a transparent poll. He said if any BLO was found not performing their duty properly, citizens could report them to the district administration or the election office. The DC said there were a total of 8,74,335 voters in Bhiwani district, out of which 4,62,606 were male and 4,11,729 were female. He also said 29 new polling stations had been set up in the district, taking the total number of booths to 941.
Kaushik said there were 8,359 service voters in the district. There were 7,457 handicapped voters in the four Assembly constituencies, out of which 4,959 were male and 2,498 were female, he said. He said until now there were 18,465 voters in the age group of 18 to 19 in the district, out of which 12,852 were male and 5,613 female. There were 12,477 voters above the age of 85 in the district, out of which 4,116 were male and 8,361 female. He said 941 BLOs and 72 supervisors had been appointed in the four Assembly constituencies.
Deputy Tehsildar Vinod Kumar urged all persons attaining the age of 18 on July 1 to fill Form No. 6 and submit it to the BLO or District Election Office concerned to get their vote registered.