Voters' list must be transparent, error-free: CEO
Lucknow, July 8 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has started the training of district election officers (DEOs) in Uttar Pradesh before the upcoming revision of electoral rolls.
The training of DEOs of 15 districts-Etah, Hathras, Kasganj, Amroha, Sambhal, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Hapur, Meerut, Pilibhit, Rampur, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Shamli-was completed on Monday.
State chief electoral officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa directed the DEOs to keep the voter list clean. Eligible new voters should be added regularly to the voter list, he said.
"The removal of the names of deceased voters and others who've relocated from the voter list must be done through the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) net portal as per the ECI rules. While reviewing the booth level officer (BLO) app, entries being made by BLOs should also be monitored," he noted.
"All the work related to the voter list should be done with complete transparency and must be error-free. BLOs should be appointed as per the new guidelines of the Election Commission of India. Rational management of polling stations should be done, the shifting should be done as per the requirement," he said....
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