Voters play vital role in building a stronger democracy and adequate awareness among them was necessary, chief electoral officer Sunil Kujur said here on Thursday.
Inaugurating the State level pre-election awareness programme for the officials Kujur also emphasized the need for efforts to motivate youths who will participate in the upcoming elections as voters for the first time.
The election commission has made special efforts in the last four-five years to create awareness among the voters and launched various programmes locally. In Chhattisgarh also elaborate arrangements are being done to make people aware, he said.
In rural area, help of the local officials are being taken. Highlighting various initiatives the election commission has taken, he said every year from October to January special campaigns were launched for examination and revision of the electoral rolls.
The main aim of this campaign was to garner interest among more and more voters and efforts are being done to motivate people at grass root level, he said. Officials of the Saakshar Bharat Mission, and Jan Shikshan Sansthan of 23 districts were among those attended the programme. Several experts shared their thoughts on subjects like the need for electoral literacy, how to enroll a voter, why enrollment was necessary. A special documentary film on the subject was also shown at the gathering.