Pune: Push to include differently abled voters in poll process
Nisha Nambiar | TNN | Feb 8, 2019, 07:14 IST
Pune divisional commissioner Deepak Mhaisekar (in blue jacket) with Pune deputy election officer Monica Singh and other officers. PUNE: Deepak Mhaisekar, the Pune divisional commissioner, on Thursday directed all the election officers to ensure that no differently abled voter was left out from the polling process.
He told them to check for such voters and ensure that their polling booth was on the ground floor.
Addressing a meeting of representatives from all the five districts in the Pune division, Mhaisekar said booth-level officers should take special care to find out missing names of differently abled voters. He said in case some differently abled voters had enrolled but their names were not included, they should be assured that their names would be included in the voters’ list after they submitted relevant documents.
“We have to ensure that if there is a voter with disability, we identify him/her and ensure that his/her polling booth is on the ground floor. For this, proper mapping should be done,” he said.
The divisional commissioner is also keen on ensuring that “marked voters” or key personalities from the division identified by each district have been assured of inclusion in the voters’ list.
The chief electoral office published the updated voters’ list on January 31. The booth-level officers (BLOs) have been asked to ensure a clean electoral roll by checking the names in their list and ensure that there are no duplicate names or names of the deceased. New voters have been instructed to enrol till the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the closure of enrolment.
The divisional commissioner directed the officers to ensure that additions or deletions in the voters’ list after January 31 were included in the final voters’ roll.
Besides keeping more forms at all the offices and urging people to enrol online, the officials have been told to reach out to voters through the local BLOs. Housing societies and colleges would continue to cooperate, Mhaisekar said.
He said the 1950 helpline service was active in all the five districts. Voters can dial the helpline number for any query.
He told them to check for such voters and ensure that their polling booth was on the ground floor.
Addressing a meeting of representatives from all the five districts in the Pune division, Mhaisekar said booth-level officers should take special care to find out missing names of differently abled voters. He said in case some differently abled voters had enrolled but their names were not included, they should be assured that their names would be included in the voters’ list after they submitted relevant documents.
“We have to ensure that if there is a voter with disability, we identify him/her and ensure that his/her polling booth is on the ground floor. For this, proper mapping should be done,” he said.
The divisional commissioner is also keen on ensuring that “marked voters” or key personalities from the division identified by each district have been assured of inclusion in the voters’ list.
The chief electoral office published the updated voters’ list on January 31. The booth-level officers (BLOs) have been asked to ensure a clean electoral roll by checking the names in their list and ensure that there are no duplicate names or names of the deceased. New voters have been instructed to enrol till the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the closure of enrolment.
The divisional commissioner directed the officers to ensure that additions or deletions in the voters’ list after January 31 were included in the final voters’ roll.
Besides keeping more forms at all the offices and urging people to enrol online, the officials have been told to reach out to voters through the local BLOs. Housing societies and colleges would continue to cooperate, Mhaisekar said.
He said the 1950 helpline service was active in all the five districts. Voters can dial the helpline number for any query.
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