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The Karnataka State Election Commission (SEC) has fixed March 30 arsenic the day for the work of the last ward-wise voters database for the 5 metropolis corporations nether the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA).
In a revised circular issued connected January 22, the Commission laid down the docket for finalising the electoral rolls. The circular clarifies that the ward-wise voters’ database for the 5 corporations volition be prepared by adopting the existing Assembly electoral rolls, without conducting a fresh enumeration.
The Commission has mandated 100% verification of the elector lists by Voter Registration Officers, who must submit a verification missive to the SEC. In summation to this, District Election Officers and Commissioners of the respective corporations are required to independently verify 10% of the ward-wise elector lists and submit certification to the Commission.
Meanwhile, addressing officials astatine a gathering connected Saturday, GBA Chief Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao directed that the elector database mentation process beryllium carried out in accordance with the rules and successful a transparent manner. Referring to the revised circular issued by the SEC, helium stressed that election-related enactment indispensable beryllium conducted responsibly and systematically.
Mr. Rao instructed officials to inspect ward boundaries to debar disorder and directed Electoral Registration Officers to dedicate 2 to 3 hours regular exclusively to election-related duties. Booth Level Officers were asked to behaviour door-to-door verification for inclusion, correction, and deletion of names, ensuring due documentation.
