In a move that can bring smiles to thousands, the State Election Commission extended enlisting of voters in the electoral rolls. With this the names of voters can be included in the electoral rolls till 10 days before the last date for nominations.
Sources said November 8 is the last date for submitting nominations. It further said names of 3.37 lakh voters have so far been included in electoral rolls since July 24 last and similarly, names of 3.49 lakh voters have been removed from electoral rolls.
The names of around 830,156 voters been corrected and 49899 voters who transferred to other constituencies have been included in electoral rolls. The works to include photographs in electoral rolls are in the final stage. A total of 18 voters’ photographs have remained to be included in electoral rolls of including four in Narsinghpur, Khandwa 10 and Indore 4 voters.
Names of 9,925 duplicate voters have remained to be removed and 671 duplicate ID cards are to be corrected, the sources further informed. Meanwhile, on the directives of Election Commission of India, Chief Electoral Office has fixed time for accepting applications for advertisement certification. Applications will be accepted from 10.30 am to 2 pm at the ground floor of Chief Electoral Office. As per directives of Election Commission, certification of political advertisements on TV channels and cable networks will be made by State-level Committee.
A meeting of the State-level Committee will he held daily at 5 pm for certification of advertisements. Applicants will have to submit two CD copies and two hard copies of script in prescribed proforma. An employee has been deployed at visitors lobby at the CEO office for accepting applications. Besides, on the directives of the ECI, electoral rolls without photo images will also be provided to unrecognised political parties, NGOs and general public also. Electoral rolls will be provided in PDF format at the rate of Rs 100 per CD.