Deputy Commissioner cum district election officer (DEO) of Ranchi, Rai Mahimapat Ray, on Thursday directed all the assistant election officers (AEO) to visit all the clusters till April 10 and check on the booth level facilities available there.
In a review meeting for the Lok Sabha election preparations, Ray directed the officers to report on assured minimum facilities in all the booths and clusters timely.
The DC also gave directions to take measures based on the vulnerability mapping reports from all the blocks. He also directed the officers to ensure continuous updating of voters' list.
Ray gave several directions to the officers regarding identification of differently abled voters, booth management plan, cases related to code of conduct violation, helpline number 1950, voters awareness and other issues.
Later in the evening, the DEO inspected strong room situated at Pandra Bazaar and gave directions on maintenance and security of EVMs. He directed the officers to arranged sufficient number of tables for the counting based on the number of EVMs.
Ray directed completion of Ring Road construction up to Pandra Bazaar Samiti till May 3 to ensure that it does not affect the counting.
Meanwhile SSP Ranchi Anish Gupta informed that a three layered security arrangement has been made for the strong room.
The officers of district administration also informed on Thursday that a person can vote even without a voter ID if their name is in the voters' list. A special camp will be organized on Friday across the district wherein people can get themselves enrolled with the voters' list by filling up Form 6.
Once enrolled, the person can use any of the 11 identity proof to cast their vote. These identifications include passport, driving license, bank passbook, employee ID card issued by Centre, State of public limited companies, pan card, MNREGA job card, health beema smart card issued by labour ministry, pension document with photo and Aadhar card among others.