Mangaluru: Register your name or make changes in voters' list by Oct 31

Mangaluru, Oct 6: The teenagers in Dakshina Kannada who are going to turn 18-years-old by January 1, 2017, can now apply to become voters as the district administration has started the process of summary revision of the voters' list on the direction from Election Commission of India.

The revision process which commenced on October 1 with handing over the published draft voters' list to representatives of political parties, will end with publication of the final revised electoral roll on January 10, 2017.

Deputy Commissioner K G Jagadeesha, who is also the district electoral officer said that voters can check their names and other details at designated locations across the district and bring to the notice of the respective booth level officers by October 31, if any correction or deficiencies therein.

The voters' lists will also be read out booth and part wise at gram sabhas, in urban local bodies as well as resident welfare association meets from October 7 to 14. A special campaign will be carried out for revision and assertion of rights at the booth level from October 16 to 23.

Objections received will be disposed off by November 30, Jagadeesha said adding the revised list will be published on January 10. The DC asserted that political parties have a major role to play in ensuring that the voters list is clean.

The summary revision is in addition to the continuous updation that the district administration takes up on a regular basis, he noted.

To get their names registered in the voters' list, the applicants can either apply at their respective polling stations or online at ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. People can also get their names corrected if they are wrongly spelt or printed by submitting form 8 and other forms for a host of corrections approved by the ECI.

A voter also may submit his/her latest passport size photograph to the tehshildars in case the photo on the draft electoral roll is old, he said.

The administration has carried out a total of 4,24,662 corrections during the summary revision and the same is reflected in the draft rolls, DC pointed.

As on October 1, there are 16,23,847 voters in the district including 8,03,226 men and 8,20,621 women. Jagadeesha said specific instructions have been given to the booth level officers to be present at their designated booths during this month and facilitate in the clean up process of voters' lists.