On the direction of Election Commission of India, a special month- long campaign for making voter’s cards for the youths aged between 18-21 whose names are yet to figure in the electrical list would be conducted from July 10. To finalise things, Dehradun additional district magistrate Arvind Pandey met the leaders of various political parties on Wednesday. ADM Pandey said that BlOs would be deployed to launch door to door campaign to persuade the youngsters above 18 on January 1, 2017 to make their voter cards. BlOs would also be deployed at the campus of colleges and institutes along with the ambassadors appointed by the institute concerned.
“As per the statistics, around 67, 338 youths have not been enrolled in the electoral list so far. One can approach BlOs concerned for rectifying wrongly spelt names, sex and others in their voter cards during the special awareness campaign. One can get their booths’ name and other relevant information after reaching websitewww.eco.uk.gov.in . Members of various political parties were told to appoint BlAs to assist the BlOs in completing the works,” ADM said.
Nodal officer Shekhar Saxena said that apart from creating awareness about the same on various mediums, people should also be made aware though Dehradun Voter’s app. Assistance should be taken from social welfare and child development departments to enroll orphans, divyangs and thechildren living in the juvenile homes, he said.
Others present on the occasion were assistant district election officer PS Rawat and representatives of various institutes and political parties.