As the stage is set for the elections to Legislative Assembly on Friday, the State election authority has decided to re-launch the revision of electoral rolls from December 26 for preparing authentic electoral rolls for the Lok Sabha elections scheduled towards the middle of next year.
The election authorities have invited applications from the youth who are likely to cross 18 years by December 31 to apply for inclusion of their names in the fresh electoral rolls so that they can exercise their franchise in the elections to the House of People. The names of these youth were expected to be included in the voters lists during the publication of fresh voters lists on January 4. However, with the election to the Legislative Assembly being advanced consequent on the dissolution of the House, the authorities revised the regular summary revision of electoral rolls by a couple of months and published the final voters’ list on October 12. Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar said the voters who could not enrol their names because of age factor or other reasons should come forward to enrol themselves in the fresh lists. “Given the enthusiastic response we got through receipt of 33.5 lakh claims and objections in a short span of 15 days, we are hopeful that the response will be much higher this time,” he said.
While the focus would be on fresh enrolment, electors could also utilise the opportunity for rectification of errors, if any, relating to their age, name, relationship status and other issues. “Rectification of voter lists will be the next step to ensure that the rolls become pure,” he said.