Election Commission extend dates of revision of photo electoral rolls
KI Singh/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh
Election Commission of India today announced extension in the dates for final publication of Electoral Rolls because the Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls are under process.
Disclosing this here today, a Spokesperson of Office of Chief Electoral Officer Punjab, disclosed that Elector Verification Program (EVP) and other Pre-Revision Activities including rationalization of polling station, are under process and these will go up to November 18th, 2019 against the previous announced date of October 31st, 2019 as per directions of Election Commission of India.
He said that now the Integrated draft Electoral Rolls would be published on November 25th, 2019.
The Claims and objections would now be submitted from November 25th, 2019 to December 24th , 2019 and the process of disposal of claims and objection will go up to January 10th, 2020. The date of final publication of electoral rolls is January 20th, 2020, the spokesperson added.
About electoral roll
The electoral roll (also called an electoral register, voters roll or poll book) is a list of persons who are eligible to vote in a particular electoral district and who are registered to vote, if required in a particular jurisdiction. An electoral roll has a number of functions, especially to streamline voting on election day.
Voter registration is also used to combat electoral fraud by enabling authorities to verify an applicant’s identity and entitlement to a vote, and to ensure a person doesn’t vote multiple times.
