Register max voters: Addl CEO to officials

Chamba, December 16

Additional Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Himachal Dalip Negi on Thursday directed the officials to register the maximum number of eligible voters.

Negi issued the instructions while presiding over a meeting of booth-level officers and supervisors of the district here on Wednesday.

The Additional CEO said there were as many as 19,057 eligible voters in age group of 18-19 years in Chamba district, of which only 6,260 were registered. Hence as many as 12,797 voters are yet to be registered.

In the meeting, the problems being faced on the field by booth-level officers and supervisors regarding the special brief revision-2022 were discussed in detail, particularly registering the voters online for the first time through the Garuda app and Voter Helpline.

He directed the booth-level officers to enter the correct mobile numbers of voters on the application form so that they could download their e-EPIC. He also emphasised on taking special care while removing the voter from the list and taking certificate from the officials concerned so that no one was deprived of their right to vote.

Meanwhile, Tehsildar (Election), Chamba, informed the meeting that a total of 13,632 applications were received in the district, of them 80% were through the online mode. — OC