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A telephone centre volition beryllium started to code concerns and wide doubts of overseas voters successful transportation with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful the State, Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar has said.
Responding to concerns raised by governmental parties with respect to the SIR and inclusion of overseas voters connected the voters’ list, Mr. Kelkar said dedicated unit would beryllium posted astatine the telephone centre to reply queries. The CEO’s bureau was besides acceptable to behaviour an consciousness run among overseas voters and had asked NoRKA to put a gathering for the same. An email ID excessively would beryllium created connected which overseas electors could pass their difficulties.
Call-in programmes could besides beryllium held for voters successful relation with media channels there, helium said.
Videos would besides beryllium brought retired connected however to capable the enumeration form. Doubt clearance sessions were besides being held.
On the feedback of the parties related to filling the declaration form, Mr. Kelkar assured them that immoderate deficiency of clarity would beryllium addressed.
District Collectors had readied enumeration forms successful Kannada and Tamil. Moreover, voters could besides capable successful the signifier successful these languages.
BLOs and BLAs
Mr. Kelkar said complaints related to coordination betwixt booth-level officers (BLOs) and booth-level agents (BLAs) would beryllium addressed. Gaps successful their grooming would besides beryllium bridged.
He reiterated that nary verification would beryllium undertaken during the house-to-house enumeration phase. If astatine all, lone successful the 2nd signifier would immoderate 1 of the 12 recognition proofs beryllium sought.
On the request for extending the deadline for the SIR, Mr. Kelkar said the workout would travel the docket already announced.
35 lakh enumeration forms
He said District Collectors who were liable for conducting elections and in-charge of behaviour of SIR had been directed to guarantee that some were held smoothly without immoderate operational overlap. Nearly 35 lakh enumeration forms had been distributed and astir fractional of them returned aft being filled, Mr. Kelkar said.
Voter names could besides beryllium added aft work of the draught rolls connected December 9. All eligible voters volition beryllium connected the last rolls to beryllium published successful February.
He besides did not expect immoderate difficulties successful parties replacing BLAs if request be.
