Draft electoral rolls to be published today
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 14: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed three AEROs (Migrant) one each at Jammu, Udhampur and Delhi for Special Summary Revision of Kashmiri Migrant Photo Electoral Rolls.
The Election Commission of India has ordered Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls with reference to 01-10-2022 as qualifying date in UT of J&K w.e.f 15-09-2022 to 25-10-2022 for the UT of J&K.
Accordingly, Assistant Commissioner, Relief Jammu has been appointed AERO at Jammu, while Collector Land Acquisition Northern Railways, Udhampur/Reasi is AERO at Udhampur and Deputy Director, Horticulture Planning and Marketing to operate from office of Resident Commissioner, JK House at New Delhi for facilitating the Kashmiri migrants.
All migrants who are 18 years of age or above as on 01-10-2022 can get their names enrolled in the electoral rolls of their respective constituency by filing Form No. 6 used for registration of new electors, Form-7 used for objections to proposed inclusion/for deletion of name in existing electoral roll, Form-8 used for multiple purposes, viz; correction of any particulars in the roll, shifting of residence (within or outside Constituency), Replacement of EPIC, and Marking of person with disability and Form 6B used for capturing Aadhaar number of the existing electors. The Forms/Draft electoral roll can be obtained from the office of the AERO (Migrants) or downloaded from the website www.ceojk.nic.in. It should be noted that registration as a voter at two places is an offence under the Representation of People Act, 1950.
The claims and objections can be filled in both online as well as offline mode. For online filing of claims/objections, one can log on to www.nvsp.in or download voter helpline app (VHA). For offline mode, the concerned BLO/AERO/ERO can be contacted, an official release said.
Meanwhile, the ECI has ordered special revision of Photo Electoral Rolls in all the Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs)/Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in J&K with reference to 01-10-2022 as the qualifying date.
According to Public Notice of office of Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, Publication of Integrated Draft Electoral Roll will be held on 15-09-2022 (Thursday), Period for filling claims and objections has been scheduled from 15-09-2022 (Thursday) to 25-10-2022 (Tuesday).
Similarly, Special campaign dates have been scheduled on 24-09-2022, 25-09-2022, 01-10-2022, 02-10-2022, 15-10-2022 and 16-10-2022.
Likewise, disposal of claims and objections have been scheduled on 10-11-2022 (Thursday) while as final publication of Electoral Roll has been scheduled on 25-11-2022.
The Public Notice also read that the Draft Photo Electoral Rolls-2022 will be available at District Headquarters/Tehsil Offices/Offices of Srinagar and Jammu Municipal Corporations/ Booth Level Officers at Polling Station level and on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K (ceojk.nic.in) for the Information of all concerned.
The Notice also read that all individuals who are 18 years of age or above as on 01-10-2022 can get their names enrolled in the electoral rolls by filing Form No. 6 used for registration of new electors, Form-7 used for objections to proposed inclusion/for deletion of name in existing electoral roll, Form-8 used for multiple purposes, like correction of any particulars in the roll, shifting of residence (within or outside Constituency), Replacement of EPIC, and Marking of person with disability and Form 6B used for capturing Aadhaar number of the existing electors.
It added that the Forms and Draft Electoral Roll can be downloaded at www.ceojk.nic.in. The Notice also read that it should be noted that registration as a voter at two places is an offence under the Representation of People Act, 1950.
“All stakeholders are therefore, requested to participate in revision exercise in order to ensure that maximum number of eligible voters are enrolled in the Electoral Rolls”, it read.
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