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The State authorities has directed District Collectors to unfastened assistance desks to supply assistance to voters omitted from the draught electoral rotation nether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and those connected the ‘unmapped’ database truthful that they tin adhd their names to the roll.
The assistance desks are to beryllium opened astatine the colony offices, an bid issued by K. Biju, Secretary, General Administration Department, said. Village offices that deficiency abstraction person been directed to unfastened the assistance desks astatine adjacent buildings.
The determination comes successful the aftermath of the Election Commission of India (EC) declining the State government’s petition to widen the deadline for submitting the enumeration forms. The State authorities noted that the Absent/Shifted Dead (ASD) database has implicit 24.08 lakh names and the ‘unmapped’ voters’ database 19.32 lakh names. The second dwell of radical betwixt the ages of 18-40 whose narration details person to beryllium mapped with those of parents oregon grandparents successful 2002 SIR roll.
“It is important to guarantee that each eligible voters successful the State are enrolled connected the voters’ database and that nary eligible elector is near out,” the bid dated December 26 says.
The assistance desks volition beryllium manned by 2 officers nether impermanent work arrangement.
The services of Anganwadi workers, ASHA and Kudumbasree workers should beryllium arranged to transportation retired tract visits to tribal settlements, precocious ranges, coastal areas, and backward regions to place specified voters and supply them the indispensable assistance, the bid says.
District Collectors person besides been asked to organise consciousness campaigns to promote young voters to enrol connected the list, it says.
