State Assembly election Draft electoral roll to be published on Sep 7
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 12 2016 :
The Election Commission of India (ECI) team which visited the State to oversee the arrangements of the State Assembly election to be held in the early part of next year has approved publication of the draft electoral rolls of all the 60 Assembly segments of the State on September 7 .
According to an official source, Information Technology will be used to monitor the poll processes at all the polling stations.
The source said that the final electoral rolls would be published on January 5 next year.
The ECI team led by Deputy Election Commissioner Sandip Saxena directed the State authority to concentrate on poll preparations by completing the transfer and posting related works of those officials who would be directly involved in the said election including those who are enjoying home posting and officials who are being posted at the same place for three years within this month.
The source further said that the team also directed the Election Officers of some districts to make some rectifications in their district election plans so as to match with the guidelines of the Election Commission.
The source said that a full team of the Commission is likely to visit the State to oversee the poll preparations in the first week of September.
Election and IT Department officials would be sent to receive training to webcast the poll processes of all the polling stations on August 16, the source added.
On the other hand, the visiting ECI team not only discussed poll preparations with the Chief Secretary and DGP but also met Income Tax officials separately today.
Moreover, apart from discussing the matter of providing internet connections to all the polling stations with BSNL officials, the team also met the Election Nodal Officers of Police, Transport Department, DP and PWD.
The team also discussed with the officials concerned on whether the election would be held in phase-wise and security measures, the source added.