The Ranchi Press Club is gearing up for conducting elections for its new 15 members Managing Committee. The voter list was published on January 1 and supplementary voter list will be published on January 12. This list will include the names of the members who will pay the dues of the club by January 10. The list of the outstanding members is placed on the notice board of the club.
As per the decision taken in the meeting of the Management Committee of the Ranchi Press Club held on December 30, 2019, the election schedule for the session 2019-2021 is being announced on Wednesday. On the request of the committee, retired Chief District Judge AP Verma has agreed to conduct the election process as the election officer.
The filing of nomination forms will start on January 18 and will continue till January 21. The time to fill the nomination form will be determined according to the order of the Election Officer. Return of nomination forms, scrutiny, publication of list of candidates will take place on January 22.
The annual general meeting of the press club will be held on January 24 and just next day the voting for the managing committee will be held on January, 24.
The counting of the votes and the election results will be announced on January 26 and January 27. Elections will be held for a total of 15 posts. These are the Chairman, Vice President, General Secretary, Joint Secretary, Treasurer and 10 members of the Managing Committee.
Members will be made aware about the nomination fee, rules for nomination, format of nomination form, and others on January 16. All of you are requested to kindly check the notice board on the ground floor of the club for information. Efforts will be made to make the relevant information also available on the club website.
The nomination, withdrawal of nominations, scrutiny, polling, counting of votes, polling booths and others will be decided by the Election Officer based on the circumstances and at his discretion. Such information will be made available to the members through proper channels.
Use of pamphlets, pamphlets, hoardings for campaigning and any kind of gathering to influence voters is completely banned. While conducting the electoral process, the election officer will have full right to change the rules, programs according to his judicial discretion as per time and situation.