TL-VOTERS POSTCARDS

After facing flak over missing

names in voters list in recent assembly polls, the Election

authorities in Telangana have launched a unique voter outreach

programme of sending letters with reply postcards to one crore

people seeking grievances if any.

Under the initiative launched a few days ago, over 10

lakh letters with self-addressed reply postcards had already

been delivered by the booth-level staff across the state,

Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar said.

The aim was to cover one crore voters by January 20, he

said adding if the voters had any issue regarding the voters

list they can record the same in the postcard, addressed to

the office of the CEO, and post it.

"Through this we will be getting a direct feedback at the

CEO's office. This is a unique effort to reach out to every

citizen and encourage them to participate in elections, Kumar

told reporters here.

The CEO said he had met the state Postmaster General and

requested him to ensure supply of enough postcards.

In the assembly elections held on December 7, there were

allegations of missing names in voters list.

On the polling day, the CEO had apologised to those who

could not vote as their names did not figure in the list and

said the mistakes would be rectified. Prominent among those

who found their names missing was badminton star Jwala Gutta.

Replying to a question, the CEO said Gutta and her

fathers names were deleted from the voters list during the

National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication

Programme (NERPAP) in 2015.

The latest initiative was being carried out through the

Systematic Voters Enrollment and Education Programme and the

letter gives details about the procedure for enrollment,

change of address and deletion of names among others, he

added.

Already, the special summary revision of the electoral

list was underway and about 15 lakh new voters were expected

to be enrolled this year, he said.

The final electoral roll for the current year after the

revision would be published on February 22.

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