Gearing up to conduct State Assembly Elections in Haryana, the Election department started basic preparations on Tuesday. Assembly elections in Haryana are due in October this year.
Chief Electoral Officer Shrikant Walgad, in his meeting for reviewing arrangements at Chandigarh with all the deputy commissioners through video conferencing asked them to start special campaign for the voters to get their names included in voter lists or deleted from June 21 in two phases- on June 21 and 22 and June 28 and 29, 2014. The final voters list will be published on July 31, he added.
Walgad also told them to prepare district and Assembly level ‘Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation’ (SVEEP) plans besides details of officials on duty during the elections. He also sought budget estimates for smooth conduct of ensuing assembly elections.He said DCs would ensure presence of Booth level Officers (BlO) at the polling booths to avoid any difficulty during elections.“Form No. 6 should be available at the booths in adequate quantity and BlOs would have to issue a receipt after accepting the duly filled up Form No. 6”, added Walgad.