The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi, Dr. Ranbir Singh on Wednesday directed all the 11 District Election Officers (DEOs) to speed up the process of enrolling young electors between the age brackets of 18-19 years and 20-29 years to address the issue of their under-representation in the electoral roll.
The DEOs have been further directed to improve gender ratio in the electoral roll by enrolling all women voters who have been left out. Dr. Singh directed all DEOs to review the progress of the ongoing Special Summary Revision (SSR) of Electoral Rolls on a daily basis till the process of completion of SSR-2022.
He also said that the Office of the CEO has already taken all necessary steps to spread awareness via various platforms of media during the ongoing SSR-2022 to motivate young electors to enroll as voters so that no voter is left behind.
Dr. Singh, further emphasised that deletion of deceased and permanently shifted voters needs to be carried out by following due procedure to improve the purity and accuracy of our voters list.
The CEO, Delhi directed the DEOs to understand and address any difficulties being faced by citizens of Delhi regarding their enrolment and it must be ensured that they are duly assisted. Disabled (PwD) voters will similarly be facilitated to enroll as voters and also get marked as PwD voters in the electoral rolls for availing various accessibility services during election. The CEO, Delhi has called upon all DEOs to exercise due sensitivity and empathy towards all marginalised sections of citizens and assist them in getting enrolled as voters through special camps. Dr. Singh directed that during ongoing SSR all duplicate or multiple entries be removed.