Poll officials told to ensure error-free voter lists
The Hindu
The authorities supervising the election process have instructed the field staff to take all care to prevent any error in the voter’s lists. The opposition parties unearthing glitches in the voter’s list even after the release of the final draft has triggered discussions and a blame game among the booth-level staff.
The authorities supervising the election process have instructed the field staff to take all care to prevent any error in the voter’s lists.
The opposition parties unearthing glitches in the voter’s list even after the release of the final draft has triggered discussions and a blame game among the booth-level staff.
For example, in Tirupati, TDP leader and former MLA M. Sugunamma has pointed to the records showing the presence of 32 voters in a single-bedroom house in Korlagunta, where only two persons are living. She said 33 voters had been registered from a building in Jeevakona falling under the 200th booth in the city’s 46th division. Interestingly, the house with a single door number has only two portions.
Addressing the media, she also named the house owner, a local YSRCP leader.
“With only five voters in their house, the family has agreed to submit Form 7 to delete the remaining 28 votes, but not before we raised the issue,” Ms. Sugunamma said, demanding that the Election Commission of India (ECI) link the voters’ list with the Aadhaar numbers.
There are several glitches such as jumbled votes, double entries and shifted voters still shown in the lists. “The officials responsible for making the fake entries in Tirupati by-election have been suspended. But why no action was initiated against the ruling party leaders responsible for such violations?” she asked.
The Election Commission of India will hold a press conference on June 3, a day before the counting of votes polled in the Lok Sabha polls. Till the 2019 parliamentary polls, deputy election commissioners used to hold media briefings after each phase of polls, but the practice has been done away with.