On the basis of the January 1, 2017 eligibility date set by the Election Commission of India, a special brief review programme of the voters list is set to be held by the authorities.
Addressing the media here on Friday, the State’s Chief Electoral Officer Radha Raturi said that as per the schedule drafted, on October 1, 2016, the voters list for all the 10854 polling stations of Uttarakhand, Sub Divisional Magistrate/Tehsil offices (ERO/AERO) and District Election Office will be published with the time period for submission of claims and objections being affixed from October 1 to 31. Elaborating, the official said that verification of names in photo voters list and related tasks at the Gram Sabha/local body levels will be undertaken from October 7 to 14. Special campaign also involving the booth level officials of political parties will be undertaken along with receipt of claims and objections will be held onOctober 16 and 23. The date for redressal of claims and objections by the ERO is slated to be held on November 21 after which the claims/objections data entry will be undertaken to update the database by December 24. After going through these stages of procedure as stipulated, the final list of voters is slated to be published on January 10in 2017. Any citizen of India aged 18 years or above as on January 1, 2017 but not named in the voter list can apply for getting their name registered by submitting an application using form number six. Form number seven can be used to register an objection for getting the name of a voter removed from the current voters list in cases like the demise of presently listed voter, change of location of residence or getting the name removed from the list based on some cause. Voters can apply using form number eight in order to get any error in the voter card rectified. The CEO further informed that the voter-list is also accessible to the public on the election department’s website atwww.ceo.uk.gov.in along with the facility for voter-search. Of the total number of voter identification cards which have been cancelled by the authorities, 90,000 were annulled due to demise of the card holder, 17,000 were cancelled due to duplication and 55,000 were cancelled due to the card holder transferring to another area. The official further informed that in order to get an eligible voters name registered or any issue/complaint or suggestion related to election can also be facilitated online on the website www.nsvp.in(national voter service portal). Further, the authorities have also set up about 3,500 common service centres for the convenience of citizens living in Uttarakhand in order to facilitate various election related services.