Last chance for adding names in electoral roll

To ensure cent percent adding of names to electoral roll in Chhattisgarh, including deleting of names of ineligible electors and correcting the names of electors, Election Commission of India is conducting Special Brief Review of Electoral roll. The last date is August 21.

Office of Chief Electoral Officer, Chhattisgarh stated that those electors having attained the age of 18 years as on January 1, 2018 or any eligible citizen whose name have never been added to electoral roll, can add their names upto August 21, 2018, which is the last given chance.

Chief Electoral Officer Subrat Sahoo said that at present under the directive of Election Commission of India the Special Brief Review of Electoral roll is being held in state of Chhattisgarh. The names are being added, deleted and amended as per the process. The designated officer would be present in all the polling centres from 10.30 to 5.30 pm.

Any person can approach the designated officer at the polling centre, can confirm his name and those of family members do exist in the electoral roll or not. If any amendment is necessary that the application has to be submitted till August 21. After which no applications/forms would be entertained.

Based on the brief review, the final electoral roll would be published on September 27, 2018. Based on this electoral roll, the electors would be allowed to cast their votes.

CEO has urged all the representatives of political parties through their booth level agents (BLA) all the eligible citizens name are added in the electoral role. The BLAs should assist the officials in identifying the double names and double entries so that such names can be certified and then removed.

CEO has also made an appeal to the residents of state that if their names have been added at more than one place in the electoral roll, they should come forward with an application to the BLO to delete it from one place and retain the place of choice. CEO said that if one elector has his name at more than one place, then fine or punishment would be given.

Chhattisgarh Chief Electoral Officer said that for adding names and amendments there are different forms. Form 6 is for adding the names of eligible elector. Such elector who has passed away or transferred to other place, such electors name should be deleted for which Form 7 has to be used while for correction the form 8 has to be used and submitted with BLO.

Additional to it, if an electoral has shifted within the same assembly constituency, that is change in polling centre, then the form 8-A can be used.