Thanks Avinash, This proved to be very useful. On 3/7/14, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > Get yourself enrolled if you're not enrolled yet. > http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/fresh-chance-for-delhiites-to-be-on-electoral-rolls/article5755313.ece > Documents can be submitted to officers who will be available at all > polling stations this Sunday > A special provision of the Delhi Election Office will enable eligible > voters to check if they are on the electoral rolls ahead of the April > 10 Lok Sabha polls here. This Sunday, booth-level officers will be > available at all the 11,763 polling stations across 2,534 locations > between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. so that those keen on voting can check if > their names are included in the rolls and even submit the required > documents to get their names added to the list. > > Though 1,28,424 electors have been added to the electoral rolls since > the 2013 Delhi Assembly elections, Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Dev > said on Wednesday that steps have been taken to ensure that more > voters are included. "Names can be added to the electoral rolls till > March 12 by submitting Form-6. For the first time on Sunday, in all of > Delhi's polling stations, a special provision has been made where > booth-level officers will be available so voters can check if they are > on the electoral rolls. The officers will also receive Form 6 which > will add voters to the list," he said. > > Voter card alone is > > no guarantee: EC > > Mr. Dev said voters must make sure their names are on the electoral > rolls. "The Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) is not a guarantee > that you can vote. Your name should be on the electoral roll," he > said, adding that voters can confirm enrolment by sending an SMS: > EPICvoter id card no. to 9211728082. > > As per the electoral rolls published by January-end, 1,20,60,493 > voters will be able to exercise their franchise in the upcoming > elections for seven Parliamentary constituencies in Delhi and among > them are 66,84,476 male voters, 53,75,383 female voters and 638 in the > others category. As many as 1,10,96,854 voters were enrolled during > the 2009 general election. > > Mr. Dev said the notification for the election will be issued on March > 15, which will also be the first day of nominations, and March 22 will > be the last date for filing nominations. While scrutiny of nominations > will be carried out on March 24, withdrawal of nominations will be on > March 26. "We are going to polls with 100 per cent Photo Electoral > Rolls (PER) and 100 per cent Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) as > against the 2009 Parliamentary elections when our EPIC percentage was > 86.4 and the PER was 79.8 per cent," he said. > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > M.Phil Research Scholar > Centre for The Study of Law and Governance > Jawaharlal Nehru University > New Delhi India > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. >
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