Mangalore: Week-long camp for voter registration from March 9
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (NM)
Mangalore, Mar 8: A week-long special camp for registration of new names in the voters' list or corrections in the existing voter id cards will start from Sunday March 9 in all the polling stations, said deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim, adding that the campaign will culminate on March 16.
Briefing media persons on the forthcoming election preparations, the DC on Saturday March 8 said that the registration of young voters is very poor across India.
"The citizens must make the maximum use of the special camp to enroll their names. It is not enough to have voter id. Only those people who have their names in the voters' list are eligible to cast their votes," he further said.
"The special camps are set up in all the 1,766 polling stations across Dakshina Kannada constituency. There will be a booth level officer (BLO) in every polling station with a list of the names of voters. Apart from the corrections in the identity card, all those who completed 18 years on or before January 1, 2014 can register names for the voter id card," the DC said.
Instructions:
· You cannot vote if your name is not on the voters' list.
· Special camps will be held at evey polling station in the country.
· Check you name on the electoral roll pasted on the wall of your polling station.
· If your name is not there you can fill form 6 available with the BLO sitting outside the polling station and submit there itself.
· BLO will help you filling the form.
The officers will be at the poll stations from 10 am to 5 pm during the camp.
It is possible to make use of the campaign online too. The websites are www.ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in and www.eci.gov.in. Voters can also verify if their names are there in the voters' list by logging on to www.ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in.
The last date to apply for new voter id is March 16.
Election time table
Last date to submit nomination letter – March 26 (From 11am to 3pm)
Verification of nomination letter – March 27
Withdrawal of nomination – March 29
Polling date – April 17 (From 7 am – 5 pm)
Poll counting – May 16 (From 8am onwards)
Polling stations and voters
The Dakshina Kannada district includes 8 Assembly constituencies. According to the voters' list published on January 31, there are 1,766 polling stations with 15,30,071 (men – 7,57,883 and women – 7,72,188)
Election code of conduct
The DC said that there are monitoring bodies placed strategically to observe violation of model code of conduct. No candidate or political party should ask for votes on the basis of religion and faith. Personal life of the candidate should not be used in the speeches.
Prayer houses shall not be used for campaigning.
According to the election commission, no candidate is allowed to spend more than Rs 70 lac on election campaign.
Each legislative constituency will have sectoral magistrate, flying squad, video surveillance team, video viewing team, static surveillance team and sector officers who will closely monitor election campaign.
In addition, for any issues relation to the forthcoming elections, the district administration is open for queries and complaints day and night, the DC said, adding that the helpline number 1077 (toll free) is available to the public to register complaints.
The DC further said that to control paid news in television and print media, MCMC committee is formed to look into it. To register online complaint, one can log on to http://dk.nic.in.
Besides, the district administration has directed all weapon licence holders to submit revolvers and weapons to the nearby police stations. There are 14,000 weapon licence holders in the district, the DC added.