Chief Electoral Officer Vinay Kumar Chaubey today instructed all DCs cum DEOs to ensure doorstep delivery of voter slip with photo at each voter’s house before the first phase of polls in State. Holding video conference with the DCs the CEO said that BLOs have to distribute voter slips and give their report on day to day basis and sector magistrates will conduct suprise inspection for the same.
The CEO said that all DEOs with assess the voter slips on booth level. He said that the step is being taken to increase polling percentage and voters’ convenience. He further said that helpline number-1950 has been issued for the convenience of voters in all districts.
The operators associated with this helpline operation will call some voters to know whether they have been provided with the photo voter slip by the BLO. With this, if for any reason a voter has not been able to get a photo voter slip at his house, then necessary steps should be taken to make it available. The Chief Electoral Officer told all the District Election Officers that if they receive complaints related to the Model Election Code of Conduct, they will ensure action in the light of the instructions of the Election Commission of India. He said that they will ensure necessary action in the direction of stopping the movement of illegal cash, liquor, drugs, gifts or other suspicious goods in the direction of conducting clean, fair and transparent elections.
Chaubey said that for the convenience of blind voters the District Election Officer will take action as directed in the distribution of voter ID card, dummy ballot paper and voter slip in Braille script. He also took information about sensitive polling stations and arrangements being made for security there during the video conferencing from the district election officials.
He also inquired from the District Election Officers about the action taken on the process of non-bailable warrants, the number of licensed weapons in the districts, physical verification and data related to its submission and the action to be taken under Section -107 of the IPC. During the video conferencing, the District Election Officers of all the districts including Additional Chief Electoral Officers Kripanand Jha and Shailesh Kumar Chaurasia were present.