The Election Commission, in the year 2015, will be stressing on the process of ‘easy registration and easy revision’ in the electoral roll. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Jharkhand PK Jajoria, while talking to the media persons at his office on Monday, said that the commission has also decided to conduct drive throughout the year to make special groups to encourage them to induct themselves into the electoral roll.
“Election Commission will focus on youth in the month of January, women in February, migrant labourers and factory workers in April – May, service personnel in June – July, Schoolchildren in August and September while induction and awareness programme of differently-abled children, homeless and transgender into the electoral roll will be done this year,” said Jajoria.
Special drive has been launched to assess the electoral roll from January 14 to March 18 in Jharkhand. “No transfer or postings of the officials related to the assessment work cannot make without the permission of the Election Commission,” Jajoria said. According to Jajoria, electoral roll, which is now available on the portal of CEO, will be made available on the national portal on the site of Election Commission of India. “As many as names of 83 crore voters will be made available on the website,” Jajoria said.
Final publication of electoral roll will be published on March 19, he added. Jajoria further said that special campaign for the awareness of voters however, will be launched on January 25, February 1 and February 8. “There will also be a tableau of Election Commission during this Republic Day focusing on the theme – ‘Easy Registration and Easy Revision’ of the electoral roll,” he said.
likewise, an awareness programme will be launched at the occiasion of National Voter’s Day on January 25 at Morhabadi ground where Governor Syed Ahmed will be the chief guest.