VOTE-ATHON – a run for a stronger democracy was organised by the UT Administration on Wednesday for creating awareness and encouraging young voters to enroll in the voter list of Chandigarh.
The “VOTE-ATHON” was flagged off UT Home-cum-Chief Electoral officer Anil Kumar at Sukhna lake.
The spirit of the volunteers was not dampened by heavy rain that occurred before the flagging off rather the excited volunteered danced and cheered in the rain. The walk was followed by rendition of patriotic songs by singer Nitin Dawar at Sukhna lake.
This is the first time that UT Election Department has organized is “VOTE-ATHON” for the awareness and encouraging the young voters to enroll in the voter list.
The Chief electoral officer said that the main focus of the Election Department is to encourage the young residents to enroll themselves as electors of Chandigarh parliamentary constituency. For this, special camps for enrollment of young residents shall be held in the Universities, Colleges and Schools of union territory of Chandigarh.
He said that all the requisite forms, particulars of concerned booth level officers (BlOs ) and AERO offices are available on website www.ceochandigarh.nic.in or one can call 1950 for more information.
“For the convenience of the residents, the forms for enrollment, corrections, transposition and deletion of names in the electoral rolls shall be provided at all the Sampark Centers. The residents can collect and submit the requisite form at all the sampark centers also,” he added. These efforts are being made on the directions of the Election Commission of India, for conducting a special summary revision of electoral Rolls in Chandigarh w.r.t. 1-1-2014 as the qualifying date.
The claims and objections from the residents of Chandigarh shall be invited by the Election Department from October 1 to 31 at all the Designated Polling Stations from 9 am to 5 pm.