Chief Electoral Officer K. Ravi Kumar addressed a press conference organised for media representatives in the Election House in relation to the publication of the draft voter list to be held on 25th July under the second special summary revision program of the voter list going on in the state. He said that on the occasion of publication of the draft voter list on 25th July in the state, the draft of this voter list will be displayed by BLO at all polling stations. Therefore, he appealed to all the voters to go to their polling stations on the morning of 25th July and check their names in this draft voter list, if there is any discrepancy, then immediately inform your BLO.
The CEO said that if people want, they can check their name from home through the online mediums of Election Commission like Voter Helpline App or Voter Service Portal.
He said that voters can also check their name in the voter list through SMS from their mobile. For this, by writing ECI with your number, then giving a space, write your voter identity card (EPIC) number and send a message to 1950, information related to voter registration will be available through the message itself.
The CEO said that if we check our name in the voter list from now on, then there will be no uncomfortable situation at the time of elections, otherwise at the time of elections, such complaints are also received that they have voter identity card but their name is not in the voter list. This name checking campaign is being run to avoid such unexpected situations during the upcoming elections. He appealed to all sections of the state including common voters, political parties, social media influencers etc. to participate in this campaign and motivate the common people to check their name in the voter list.
He said that to spread awareness among the general voters about name checking, a social media campaign #NaamJancho is being run on 25th July between 12 noon to 1 pm. He appealed to everyone to be a part of this social media campaign being run on 25th July between 12 noon to 1 pm. On this day, not only check your name in the voter list, but also check the names of your neighbors, friends, relatives and family members.
During this, OSD Geeta Chaubey, Under Secretary Devdas Dutta and Deputy Election Officer Headquarters Sanjay Kumar along with all the concerned officials were present.