T’puram: As a prelude to assembly polls, the final voters list will be announced by chief electoral officer Teeka Ram Meena on Thursday.
Meena said that a team from Election Commission of India is expected in state to supervise preparatory works for elections that are likely in mid-April. “CBSE exam schedule was published for May-June. Since most schools are poll centres, elections are likely to be held prior to exams in April,” he told TOI.
The commission is in the process of publishing a foolproof voters’ list, unlike the previous local body polls where the names of several voters were missing from the list which was noticed at the last moment; such persons missed voting.
ECI has already initiated the process of assembly elections to four states including Kerala. It has instructed all states to ensure that government officers, connected directly to the conduct of elections but have completed three years in the same district in the past four years, are transferred from their respective post. It has also been instructed to ensure that the officials connected to the conduct of elections should not be posted in home districts. tnn