Karnal: Door-to-door voter verification to be carried out till July 24
Karnal, July 15
Deputy Commissioner Uttam Singh, who is also the District Election Officer, on Monday chaired a meeting of officials and representatives of various political parties at the Mini-Secretariat here.
At the meeting, the DC said on the directions of the Election Commission of India, second special verification of photo electoral rolls would be done by July 24 and the qualifying date was July 1. He said during this period, all booth-level officers (BLOs) would carry out door-to-door voter verification.
“The names of voters, who have passed away, will be removed from the voter lists. Additionally, new voters will be added and photo electoral rolls will be prepared,” he added.
The draft publication of the voter list will be done on July 25 after the completion of the revision work.
“Claims and objections related to the voter lists will be received from July 25 to August 9 as per the guidelines of the Election Commission,” he said, adding that these claims and objections will be addressed by the Electoral Registration Officers concerned by August 19. The final publication of the revised voter lists will be done on August 20.
The Deputy Commissioner urged officials to correct inaccuracies and add as many eligible voters as possible to the voter lists.
Special camps will be organised at polling stations on July 27, July 28, August 3 and August 4. At the camps, BLOs will be present at polling stations from 9 am to 5 pm to receive claims and objections. The voter lists will be available for public inspection at each polling station.
He also urged representatives of political parties to assist in establishing polling booths in residential societies and areas where the number of voters exceeds 1,500 or the distance is far away.
He directed the officials to prepare proposals for such booths promptly. The Deputy Commissioner advised all political parties to appoint their booth-level agents (BLAs) at the earliest and submit the list to the office of the Election Officer, ensuring that each BLA is from the respective booth. Voters who will be 18 years or older on July 1 and whose names are not on the voter list can register by submitting Form Number-6 along with relevant documents and photographs.
